No divine terror will ever be found in the work of the man who wastes a colossal strength in elaborating toys; for the first lesson that terror is sent to teach us is, the value of the human soul, and the shortness of mortal time.

Order and system are nobler things than power.

Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves.

No one can explain how the notes of a Mozart melody, or the folds of a piece of Titian's drapery, produce their essential effects. If you do not feel it, no one can by reasoning make you feel it.

The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.

The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.