God will not make himself manifest to cowards

To the men of this world, to the animal strength and spirits, to the men of practical power, whilst immersed in it, the man of ideas appears out of his reason. They alone gave reason.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.

For the existing world is not a dream, and cannot with impunity be treated as a dream; neither is it a disease; but it is the ground on which you stand, it is the mother of whom you were born.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.