A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very extensive intercourse with men stifle many a holy germ, and scare away the gods, who shun the restless tumult of noisy companies and the discussion of petty interests.
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
Where children are, there is the golden age.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Character and fate are two words for the same thing
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.