When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else.

If you have a nation of men who have risen to that height of moral cultivation that they will not declare war or carry arms, for they have not so much madness left in their brains, you have a nation of lovers, of benefactors, of true, great, and able men.

If you take in a lie, you must take in all that belongs to it.

Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial questions at his own supper table.

Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.

Do your thing, and I shall know you.

A little integrity is better than any career.