And there are Ben [Jonson] and William Shakespeare in wit-combat, sure enough; Ben bearing down like a mighty Spanish war-ship, fraught with all learning and artillery; Shakespeare whisking away from him - whisking right through him, athwart the big bulk and timbers of him; like a miraculous Celestial Light-ship, woven all of sheet-lightning and sunbeams!

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.

If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.