Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it.

A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.

When we are exalted by ideas, we do not owe this to Plato, but to the idea, to which also Plato was debtor.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.