Genius, even, as it is the greatest good, is he greatest harm.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

Thought dissolves the material universe by carrying the mind up into a sphere where all is plastic.

I have sometimes thought that, in order to be a good minister, it was necessary to leave the ministry. The profession is antiquated. In an altered age, we worship in the dead forms of our forefathers.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.

Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books.