There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

If the vast and the spiritual are omitted, so are the practical and the moral.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?

Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.