But what is classification but the perceiving that these objects are not chaotic, and are not foreign, but have a law which is also the law of the human mind?

Thought makes everything fit for use.

The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

All high beauty has a moral element in it.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats.

If your friend has displeased you, you shall not sit down to consider it, for he has already lost all memory of the passage, and has doubled his power to serve you, and, ere you can rise up again, will burden you with blessings.