A man is related to all nature.

It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving at the motive, the character, the secret self. We call the tree good from its fruits, and the man, from his works.

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

Spurious prudence, making the senses final, is the god of sots and cowards, and is the subject of all comedy. It is nature's joke, and therefore literature's. True prudence limits this sensualism by admitting the knowledge of an internal and real world.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.