Aristotle and Plato are reckoned the respective heads of two schools. A wise man will see that Aristotle platonizes.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.

Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.

The key to every man is his thought.

To Be is to live with God.