Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!

The works of Lavoisier and his associates operated upon many of us at that time like the Sun's rising after a night of moonshine: but Chemistry is now betrothed to the Mathematics, and is in consequence grown somewhat shy of her former admirers.

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage

How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.