The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off.

I came hither [Craigenputtoch] solely with the design to simplify my way of life and to secure the independence through which I could be enabled to remain true to myself.

Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.

Literature is the thought of thinking souls.

To the mean eye all things are trivial, as certainly as to the jaundiced they are yellow.

My books are friends that never fail me.

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.