A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it

Our hands we open of our own free will, and the good flies, which we can never recall.

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.

Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things.

To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.