Nature hates calculators.

'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist.

The populace drags down the gods to their own level.

The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after.

You cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"