Happy will that house be in which the relations are formed from character; after the highest, and not after the lowest order; the house in which character marries, and not confusion and a miscellany of unavowable motives.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design;--and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients.

Music and Wine are one.

Don't ever give up on something or someone that you can't go a full day without thinking about.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]