The key to every man is his thought.

The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.

I cannot often enough say, that a man is only a relative and representative nature. Each is a hint of the truth, but far enough from being that truth, which yet he quite newly and inevitably suggests to us. If I seek it in him, I shall not find it.

We wake from one dream into another dream.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.