Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Every young man is prone to be misled by the suggestions of his own ill-founded ambition which he mistakes for the promptings of asecret genius, and thence dreams of unrivaled greatness.

Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know

Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.

If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.