Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.

The new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism.

Everything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although it may not be of any worth in itself, yet it characterizes the people.

We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.

Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.