The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race.

The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of life. To live like a philosopher is to live, not foolishly, like other men, but wisely and according to universal laws.

I bought me a spy-glass some weeks since. I buy but a few things, and those not till long after I begin to want them, so that when I do get them I am prepared to make a perfect use of them and extract their whole sweet.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.

Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible.

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.