Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard.

Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him.

Art is a delayed echo.

I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.

The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine.... If we dramatize its life and conceive its spirit, we are filled with wonder, terror and amusement, so magnificent is the spirit.