Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Man was born to be rich, or to inevitably grow rich, by the use of his faculties: by the union of thought with nature.

Every man is eloquent once in his life.

There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.

Friends are like spaghetti, they should stick together. The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.