I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.

All things are known to the soul.

Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world.

Nature is saturated with Deity.

I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. The vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.