All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at and for our convenience, but a successful life knows no law.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Everything may serve a lower as well as a higher use.