The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ... We distinguish the announcements of the soul, its manifestations of its own nature, by the term Revelation. These are always attended by the emotion of the sublime. For this communication is an influx of the Divine mind into our mind. It is an ebb of the individual rivulet before the flowing surges of the sea of life. Every distinct apprehension of this central commandment agitates men with awe and delight.

I could better eat with one who did not respect the truth or the laws, than with a sloven and unpresentable person. Moral qualities rule the world, but at shorter distances, the senses are despotic.

I think it is the best of humanity that goes out to walk. In happy hours, I think all affairs may be wisely postponed for walking.