I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and banish from the language of men—as base money—the words by which they cheat and are cheated!

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.