We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant's economy is a coarse symbol of the soul's economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.

Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement.

We must not tamper with the organic motion of the soul.

It all begins when the soul would have its way with you.

Every man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and meaning is in him.