Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

Nothing divine dies. All good is eternally reproductive. The beauty of Nature re-forms itself in the mind, and not for barren contemplation, but for new creation.

Accept your genius and say what you think.

I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.

People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.

We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves.

The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. It is as real a loss that others should be low, as that we should be low; for we musthave a society.