The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century.

The moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties. Else, I know not how, in our world, any good would ever get done.

As Arkwright and Whitney were the demi-gods of cotton, so prolific Time will yet bring an inventor to every plant. There is not a property in nature but a mind is born to seek and find it.

A cheerful intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough. For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained.

All life is an experiment.

God hides things by putting them near us.

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, and few writers of the best books.