The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs.

Men in all ways are better than they seem.

Besides, our action on each other, good as well as evil, is so incidental and at random, that we can seldom hear the acknowledgments of any person who would thank us for a benefit, without some shame and humiliation. We can rarely strike a direct stroke, but must be content with an oblique one; we seldom have the satisfaction of yielding a direct benefit, which is directly received.

The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.