To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or meeting with a face, a figure, or cast of expression in perfection that we have seen and admired in a less degree or in less favorable circumstances a hundred times before

The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten have the inclination

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot