Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.

The world is nothing, the man is all; in yourself is the law of all nature, and you know not yet how a globule of sap ascends; in yourself slumbers the whole of Reason; it is for you to know all, it is for you to dare all.

People suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is impossible for a person to be cheated by anyone but himself.

The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful... and ...give thanks continuously.

The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.