The Ideal is the invisible Sun which is always on the meridian of the soul..

All men, and all created nature, have been at work, from the beginning of time to this day, to produce the circumstances which now influence our acti….

Thou Moon! Sun of the Night, Sister mystic of the Day; Look down, pause in thy flight! Calm me with thy aural ray, Enchanting souls to silver sleep. ….

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has n….

God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the world sh….

Faith is from within; it is the outbreaking of human spontaneity; it is force of soul, grandeur of sentiment, magnanimity, generosity, courage. Its f….

The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not a rule of authority. God is not a gover….

What is it to be rich? It is to have an assured income in excess of expenditures, and to have no occasion for anxiety for the morrow. It is to be abo….

Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown..

Without doubt, matter is unlimited in extent, and, in this sense, infinite; and the forces of Nature mould it into an innumerable number of worlds. W….

Like a goddess on her azure hill, the star of my ambition, the mistress of my dream; a thing apart, that we can worship, but not touch; a wild desire….

Reviving Spring, a toast to thy fresh lips! Thy blush is music, and e'en heaven lurks In thy thick perfumed hair that hangs about Thy flowered should….

If it be true that God and man are in one image or likeness (and the affirmation that they are so is not unplausible) then it is the duty of man to b….

Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft I've wet my feet!.

Thou slanting rain! Thou Hebe of the Skies, That pours out drink to Earth; thou faithful wife That with moist tears embraces her prone lord. Thou mis….

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the….

The Federal Government is rendered weak to do wrong, and powerful to do right: for, as soon as it begins to go wrong, it naturally begins to be divid….

For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the soul may be t….

Society is older than government. But every persisting society implies the existence of government and laws; for a society without government and law….

Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they ought to be, and are not. Whoso seeks to follo….

Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep..