The sentiment of virtue is a reverence and delight in the presence of certain divine laws. It perceives that this homely game of life we play, covers, under what seem foolish details, principles that astonish.

Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.

If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.

We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.

Each moment of the year has its own beauty.