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.

The world is always childish, and with each new gewgaw of a revolution or new constitution that it finds, thinks it shall never cry any more.

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.

You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be

Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.

The Oversoul is before Time, and Time, Father of all else, is one of his children.