Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.
The world we live in is but thickened light.
The love of novels is the preference of sentiment to the senses.
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.
Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners.
The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.