“I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.”

“Then I said, “I covet truth;Beauty is unripe childhood’s cheat;I leave it behind with the games of youth.”

“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”

“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.”

“So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.”

“Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well - he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.”

“I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.”