The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is equally the mother, and disowns none of them.

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.