Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.

There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.

Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.