A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.

As every pool reflects the image of the sun, so every thought and thing restores us an image and creature of the supreme Good. Theuniverse is perforated by a million channels for his activity. All things mount and mount.

Do not speak of God much. After a very little conversation on the highest nature, thought deserts us and we run into formalism.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing, and every thing, and every man.

Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel in the precision with which they formulate their thoughts, so that you get from them somewhat to remember; others lay criticism asleep by a charm. Especially women use words that are not words,--as steps in a dance are not steps,--but reproduce the genius of that they speak of; as the sound of some bells makes us think of the bell merely, whilst the church chimes in the distance bring the church and its serious memories before us.

Nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations.