There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it appears; but a court as of angels, a public not to be bribed, not to be entreated, and not to be overawed, decides upon every man's title to fame.

All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world.

The imaginative faculty of the soul must be fed with objects immense and eternal.

With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing.

History - a biography of a few stout and earnest persons

It is bad enough that our geniuses cannot do anything useful, but it is worse that no man is fit for society who has fine traits.He is admired at a distance, but he cannot come near without appearing a cripple.

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.