A fact is the end or last issue of spirit. The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisible world.

The surest poison is time.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity. All men, all things, the state, the church, yea the friends of the heart are phantasms and unreal beside the sanctuary of the heart. With so much awe, with so much fear, let it be respected.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end.

The world exists for the education of each man.