In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the June night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact before me and stand aloof from its honor and shame.

The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.

It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a pine-stump. With it comes a Latin grammar, and one of those tow-head boys has written a hymn on Sunday. Now let colleges, now let senates take heed! for here is one who, opening these fine tastes on the basis of the pioneer's iron constitution, will gather all their laurels in his strong hands.

Our prayers are prophets.

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an algebraic equation.

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