It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist

As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Postpone not your life.

Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.