To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.