We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to year. But when the boy grows to a man, and is master of the house, he pulls down that wall and builds it new and bigger.

I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.

If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?

Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure; it enveloped us in dull, melancholy days, or in days of cheerful labor; we did not guess its essence until after long time.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Why needs a man be rich? Why must he have horses, fine garments, handsome apartments, access to public houses, and places of amusement? Only for want of thought.

When a man becomes a conformist, he is sacrificing the richness of independent thinking.