The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science.

He only is rich who owns the day.

Genius is intellect constructive.

There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

A man must be clothed with society, or we shall feel a certain bareness and poverty, as of a displaced and unfurnished member. He is to be dressed in arts and institutions, as well as in body garments. Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must; but coop up most men and you undo them.