The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the hard finish ofthe men. The Englishman is finished like a cowry or a murex.

Let none presume to measure the irregularities of Michael Angelo or Socrates by village scales.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.

All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. We quote not only books and proverbs, but arts, sciences, religion, customs, and laws; nay, we quote temples and houses, tables and chairs, by imitation.

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.