We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion of their poetic value than we.

My friend is one... who take me for what I am.

Thank God, they cannot cut down the clouds!

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.

We slander the hyena; man is the fiercest and cruelest animal.