The dearest events are summer-rain..

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society. ...….

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving..

The only method to possess a buddy is always to be one..

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great..

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They ….

What is well done, I feel as if I did; what is ill-done, I reck not of..

In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some dan….

Women have a less accurate measure of time than men; there is a clock in Adam, none in Eve..

Let the bird sing without deciphering the song..

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing hims….

If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground..

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest….

Every chair should be a throne and hold a king..

[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul..

We are not free to use today, or to promise tomorrow, because we are already mortgaged to yesterday..

Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres..

You cannot do a kindness too soon..

Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us..

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone..

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm..