Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.

A breath of will blows eternally through the universe of souls in the direction of Right and Necessity. It is the air which all intellects inhale and exhale, and it is the wind which blows the worlds into order and orbit.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.

If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.

Power is the first good.