Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

Each man too is a tyrant in tendency, because he would impose his idea on others; and their trick is their natural defence. Jesuswould absorb the race; but Tom Paine or the coarsest blasphemer helps humanity by resisting this exuberance of power.

Nature will not be Buddhist: she resents generalizing, and insults the philosopher in every moment with a million fresh particulars.

Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

Be brave enough to do the loving thing.

The new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism.

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.