One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us.

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor.

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

If you are a seer, whenever you meet a man you will see all that he owns, ay, and much that he pretends to disown, behind him.

It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.