We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

There is a property in the horizon which no man has, but he whose eyes can integrate all the parts,--that is, the poet.

God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession.

The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.