No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are th….

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic..

Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood..

The child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up fatherly And bliss it upon my breast; Yet it lies in my little ….

With every anguish of our earthly part The spirit's sight grows clearer..

The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind. Nor think I that G….

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side..

Whenever you have the kind of market that is taking shape now - a wildly volatile one with big pricing discrepancies - it plays right into the hands ….

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or wit….

Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame..

The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient of being told….

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to lie at the bottom of ….

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions..

Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not..

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself..

The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself..

True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!.

It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold..

Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of man….

Piety is indifferent whether she enters at the eye or at the ear. There is none of the senses at which she does not knock one day or other. The Purit….

There is surely room for yet another schoolmaster when a score of seers advertise themselves in Boston newspapers..