A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better.

Thus inevitably does the universe wear our color, and every object fall successively into the subject itself. The subject exists, the subject enlarges; all things sooner or later fall into place. As I am, so I see; use what language we will, we can never say anything but what we are.

In good company, the individuals merge their egotism into a social soul exactly co-extensive with the several consciousnesses there present.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.