As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

I hardly know an intellectual man, even, who is so broad and truly liberal that you can think aloud in his society.

The poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.

The world rests on principles.