Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest.

In a cabinet of natural history, we become sensible of a certain occult recognition and sympathy in regard to the most unwieldy and eccentric forms of beast, fish, and insect.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

A nation never falls but by suicide.

Always do what you are afraid to do.