The field cannot be seen from within the field.

A man's library is a sort of harem.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest philosophy, that man is one, and that you cannot injure any member, without a sympathetic injury to all the members

I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.

I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion of well-doing and daring.

A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events; that our painful labors are unnecessary and fruitless; that only in our easy, simple, spontaneous action are we strong . . . . Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.