The people are to be taken in very small doses.

Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend

In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.