Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

I am called to man's labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?

We are born for cooperation

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground.

It were well to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none.