Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.

You shall not come nearer a man by getting into his house.

The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.