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

Free should be the scholar - free and brave.

Science was false by being unpoetical. It assumed to explain a reptile or a mollusk, and isolated it-which is hunting for life in graveyards. Reptile or mollusk or man or angel only exists in system, in relation.

Fear is cruel and mean. The political reigns of terror have been reigns of madness and malignity,--a total perversion of opinion;society is upside down, and its best men are thought too bad to live.

Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?

Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate.

The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.