The near explains the far. The drop is a small ocean. A man is related to all nature. This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries. Goethe, in this very thing the most modern of the moderns, has shown us, as none ever did, the genius of the ancients.

Let him be great, and love shall follow him.

The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.

Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern.

The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.

Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature.

The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being.