Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Necessity does everything well.

I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope that it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation.

The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not.