“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

“The great thing in this world, is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving.”

“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.”

“Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.”

“There's nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth.”

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving—we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”

“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,'The medicines of the soul.”