There Are Noble Books But

Beware Of Over-great Pleasure In Being Popular Or Even Beloved.

It Is Not Because The Touch Of Genius Has Roused Genius To Production, But Because The Admiration Of Genius Has Made Talent Ambitious, That The Harvest Is Still So Abundant.

I Now Know All The People Worth Knowing In America, And I Find No Intellect Comparable To My Own.

Would That The Simple Maxim, That Honesty Is The Best Policy, Might Be Laid To Heart; That A Sense Of The True Aim Of Life Might Elevate The Tone Of Politics And Trade Till Public And Private Honor Become Identical.

I Am Suffocated And Lost When I Have Not The Bright Feeling Of Progression.