“Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind-Thy windy will to bear!”

“A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.”

“Love is like the wild rose-briar;Friendship like the holly-tree.The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,But which will bloom most constantly?The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,Its summer blossoms scent the air;Yet wait till winter comes again,And who will call the wild-briar fair?Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now,And deck thee with holly's sheen,That, when December blights thy brow,He still may leave thy garland green.”

“The Heart is the Capital of the Mind—The Mind is a single State—The Heart and the Mind together makeA single Continent—One—is the Population—Numerous enough—This ecstatic NationSeek—it is Yourself.”

“Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast—Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epauletted white—I should not fear the foe then—I should not fear the fight!”

“There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands awayNor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears a Human soul.”

“For you know we do not mind our dressWhen we are going home”