Orthodoxy is the refuge of mediocrity.


The ocean is the womb of all that will be, the tomb of all that has been.


Jealousy never knows the value of a fact.

Envy cannot reason, malice cannot prophesy.


Love has a kind of second sight.


I have never given to any one a sketch of my life. According to my idea a life should not be written until it has been lived.—July 1, 1888.