The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.

Speech is silver, silence is golden.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.

Hardened round us, encasing wholly every notion we form is a wrapping of traditions, hearsay's, and mere words.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Over the times thou hast no power. . . . Solely over one man thou hast quite absolute power. Him redeem and make honest.

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.