A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.