A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue. Then he is instructed in what is set above him. He learns that his being is without bound; that to the good, to the perfect, he is born, low as he now lies in evil and weakness.

What is there of the divine in a load of brick? What ... in a barber shop? ... Much. All.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

The unbelief of the age is attested by the loud condemnation of trifles.

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it.