Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature.

All things are moral; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature.

Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be foregone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.

Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms.

Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.

The longer we live the more we must endure the elementary existence of men and women; and every brave heart must treat society asa child, and never allow it to dictate.

Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light.