In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

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.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.