Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.

To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine men.

After thirty, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six, until the day of his death.

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civil countries, in a thousand years, have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom.

The finest poems of the world have been expedients to get bread.

The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.