Were not the eye made to receive the rays of the sun, it could not behold the sun; if the peculiar power of God lay not in us, how could the godlike charm us?

The world is full of contradiction.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.

Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is really what we need, and what we know is of no use to us whatever!

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.