If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.

His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to see the sunrise in town and country; to be converted at a revival; to circumnavigate the metaphysics, write halting verses, run a mile to see a fire, and wait all day long in the theatre to applaud Hernani.

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.