I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

The spirit is the true self.

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.