Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is most necessary to reform is yourself.

There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle.

Fear is a great instructor.

When believers and unbelievers live in the same manner - I distrust the religion.

Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour character and aims.

A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.

The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream.