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

Let the man stand on his feet. Let religion cease to be occasional; and the pulses of thought that go to the borders of the universe, let them proceed from the bosom of the Household.

Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.

The world is full of judgment-days, and into every assembly that a man enters, in every action he attempts, he is gauged and stamped.

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

Our health is our sound relation to external objects; our sympathy with external being.