That which we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.

We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.

Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.

A Judge may be a farmer; but he is not to geld his own pigs.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.