We hear eagerly every thought and word quoted from an intellectual man. But in his presence our own mind is roused to activity, and we forget very fast what he says.

We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.

The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Power is the first good.

Man is the dwarf of himself.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.