Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
Space is to place as eternity is to time.
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.