... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

Spirits that have once been sincerely united and tended together a sacred flame, never become entirely stranger to one another's life.

Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet, and from it learn the all.

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.

While any one is base, none can be entirely free and noble.

There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.