Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.

The Almighty proves his existence by creating.

Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his specialty alone.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

He who has loved often ... has loved never.