But I cannot recite, even thus rudely, laws of the intellect, without remembering that lofty and sequestered class of men who have been its prophets and oracles, the high-priesthood of the pure reason, the Trismegisti, the expounders of the principles of thought from age to age.

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Echo waits with art and care And will the faults of song repair.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.

When it is darkest, we can see the stars.

Men have sometimes exchanged names with their friends, as if they would signify that in their friend each loved his own soul.