The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul. The spirit sports with time.

If I am the devil's child, I will live then, by the devil.

We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, or spirit, or poetry,--a narrow belt.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to be pitied, for they know not what they should do.

What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.