Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

The universe is the externisation of the soul. Wherever the life is, that bursts into appearance around it. Our science is sensual, and therefore superficial. The earth, and the heavenly bodies, physics, and chemistry, we sensually treat, as if they were self-existent; but these are the retinue of that Being we have.

No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies.

The interminable forests should become graceful parks, for use and delight.