... we might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of the rocks of which the mountains are composed, its cartilage the tufa, and its blood the springs of water.
I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep.
Some promises and time disappoint us
Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.
The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.