The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our writers seem to have affected.

All powerful souls have kindred with each other