The best political economy is the care and culture of men; for, in these crises, all are ruined except such as are proper individuals, capable of thought, and of new choice and the application of their talent to new labor.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

Society does not love its unmaskers.

But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.

What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.

The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.