It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight?

Take away love, and not physical nature only, but the heart of the moral world, would be palsied.

Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory

Our knowledge, is our power, and God our strength.

Whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you, however, innocent it may be in itself.