The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself.

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's self is.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachableness of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless triumph of art.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.