I think no virtue goes with size;The reason of all cowardiceIs, that men are overgrown,And, to be valiant, must come downTo the titmouse dimension..

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one..

We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wantin….

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper..

When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit..

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly ….

He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling, the….

Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in. Embark, and the romance quits our vessel, and hangs on every other sail in the horizon..

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature..

We must not inquire too curiously into the absolute value of literature. Enough that it amuses and exercises us. At least it leaves us where we were.….

Every man is a new method..

Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept ….

Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself..

There are dull and bright, sacred and profane, coarse and fine egotists. It is a disease that, like influenza, falls on all constitutions. In the dis….

This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it..

We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence ….

Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs persp….

Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms..

Speak as you think, be what you are, pay your debts of all kinds. I prefer to be owned as sound and solvent, and my word as good as my bond, and to b….

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails..

The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible..