God hides things by putting them near us.
In good writing, words become one with things.
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
Civilization depends on morality.
In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion.
Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy.