My own mind is the direct revelation which I have from God and far least liable to mistake in telling his will of any revelation.

Every roof is agreeable to the eye, until it is lifted; then we find tragedy and moaning women, and hard-eyed husbands.

Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement.

Fashion which affects to be honor, is often, in all men's experience, only a ballroom-code.

All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. We quote not only books and proverbs, but arts, sciences, religion, customs, and laws; nay, we quote temples and houses, tables and chairs, by imitation.

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

The consciousness in each man is a sliding scale, which identifies him now with the First Cause, and now with the flesh of his body; life above life, in infinite degrees.