The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the means of freedom and benefit.

A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity.

Let us not forget the genial miraculous force we have known to proceed from a book.

I have sometimes thought that, in order to be a good minister, it was necessary to leave the ministry. The profession is antiquated. In an altered age, we worship in the dead forms of our forefathers.

Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate; he will not lift his hand to save his life; he can never think more. He sinks into deep sleep and wakes with renewed youth, with hope, courage, fertile in resources, and keen for daring adventure.

I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.

We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."