The secret of genius is to suffer no fiction to exist for us; to realize all that we know; in the high refinement of modern life,in arts, in sciences, in books, in men, to exact good faith, reality, and a purpose; and first, last, midst, and without end, to honor every truth by use.

Culture opens the sense of beauty.

When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.

When it is dark enough, men see the stars.

You need not fear to handle the truth roughly. She is no invalid.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist

We never touch but at points.