Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated..

Life too near paralyses art..

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame..

Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand a….

We expect a great man to be a good reader..

The riddle of the age has for each a private solution..

The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line..

Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated..

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant..

Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight..

Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than of inspiration; they hav….

For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of animals and ….

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructo….

Whatever it is, it's better in the wind..

We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake..

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Alway….

When the night is darkest, the stars come out..

The have a good friend is one of the greatest delights of life..

The poem is a confession of faith..

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent..

Look sharply after your own thoughts. They come unlooked for, like a new bird seen on your trees, and, if you turn to your usual task, disappear; and….