Man is the dwarf of himself.

The only compensation which war offers for its manifold mischiefs, is in the great personal qualities to which it gives scope and occasion.

In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance.

People who know how to act are never preachers.

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

Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile.

Consistency is the bugbear that frightens little minds.