If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us.

I do not know where to find in any literature, whether ancient or modern, any adequate account of that Nature with which I am acquainted.

The tree of Knowledge is a Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe... Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling the use we make of it.

There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.

As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that.

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.