It takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

It takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in summer the meadow into grass and dandelions and violets, with geraniums and manifold sweetness.