One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his white bastions with projected roof Round every windward stake, or tree, or door. Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he For number or proportion.

When a man says to me, "I have the intensest love of nature," at once I know that he has none.

When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation or the so-called eternal names of fame that many not be refused and condemned.

Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.

If your friend has displeased you, you shall not sit down to consider it, for he has already lost all memory of the passage, and has doubled his power to serve you, and, ere you can rise up again, will burden you with blessings.