A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.

All men in the abstract are just and good.

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.

Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative.

The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

Genius is the naturalist or geographer of the supersensible regions, and draws their map; and, by acquainting us with new fields of activity, cools our affection for the old. These are at once accepted as the reality, of which the world we have conversed with is the show.