The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.

Ennui shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

We go to Europe to be Americanized.

It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.

When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.

If speculation tends thus to a terrific unity, in which all things are absorbed, action tends directly back to diversity. The first is the course or gravitation of mind; the second is the power of nature. Nature is manifold. The unity absorbs, and melts or reduces. Nature opens and creates. These two principles reappear and interpenetrate all things, all thought; the one, the many.

Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey.