A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

Let a man try faithfully, manfully to be right; he will grow daily more and more right. It is at bottom the condition on which all men have to cultivate themselves.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man.

Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Affectation is the product of falsehood.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.