"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."
"Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside."
"Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you."
"Books are for nothing but to inspire"
"It is not the length of life, but the depth."
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."