Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

If the East loves infinity, the West delights in boundaries.

Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.