Generalization is always a new influx of divinity into the mind. Hence the thrill that attends it.

Free should be the scholar - free and brave.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.

Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.

The primary wisdom is intuition.

The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.

The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person.