A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance, he may abolish all considerations of magnitude, and in his manners equal the majesty of the world.

You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning in your own.

The highest end of government is the culture of men.

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

Science finds it methods.

The reality is more excellent than the report.