In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?

I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought. I delight in telling what I think; but if you ask me how I dare say so, or why it is so, I am the most helpless of men.

Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear

This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.