“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.”

“Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.”

“One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves”

“As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.”

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee that dream-power which every night shows thee is thine own; a power transcending all limit and privacy, and by virtue of which a man is the conductor of the whole river of electricity.”