It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination

It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.

Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?

Thus the State never intentionally confronts a man's sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses. It is not armed with superior wit or honesty, but with superior physical strength. I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion.

Friends are made for caring and sharing. Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

Whatever beauty we behold, the more it is distant, serene, and cold, the purer and more durable it is. It is better to warm ourselves with ice than with fire.