But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime... But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches, and, to make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom. Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. The joy of the spirit indicates its strength. All healthy, things are sweet-tempered. Genius works in sport, and goodness smiles to the last.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Great country, diminutive minds. America is formless, has no terrible and no beautiful condensation.

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.

And truly it demands something godlike in him who cast off the common motives of humanity and ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster.