I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

My gentleman gives the law where he is; he will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field, and outshine all courtesy in the hall. He is good company for pirates, and good with academicians; so that it is useless to fortify yourself against him; he has the private entrance to all minds, and I could as easily exclude myself, as him.

Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.

Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.

Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub.

There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same.

Society has no bribe for me.