It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of one's style, both of speaking and writing.

This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments?

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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.

As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.