One dupe is as impossible as one twin.

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.

Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.