No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.

When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation or the so-called eternal names of fame that many not be refused and condemned.

Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

The scholar was not raised by the sacred thoughts amongst which he dwelt, but used them to selfish ends. He was a profane person,and became a showman, turning his gifts to marketable use, and not to his own sustenance and growth. It was found that the intellect could be independently developed, that is, in separation from the man, as any single organ can be invigorated, and the result was monstrous.

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.