The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy.

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

Music causes us to think eloquently.

And what is Genius but finer love, a love impersonal, a love of the flower and perfection of things, and a desire to draw a new picture or copy of the same? It looks to the cause and life: it proceeds from within outward, whilst Talent goes from without inward.

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.

As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.