But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Let no act be done without purpose.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.