I am primarily engaged to myself to be a public servant of all the gods, to demonstrate to all men that there is intelligence andgood will at the heart of all things, and even higher and yet higher leadings. These are my engagements; how can your law further or hinder me in what I shall do to men?

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

The eye is easily frightened.

Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.

Today is a king in disguise.