The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

Vehemence without feeling is but rant.

All great authors are seers.

Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.