I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.

I do not wish to please him; I wish that he should wish to please me.

We swim, day by day, on a river of delusions, and are effectually amused with houses and towns in the air, of which the men aboutus are dupes. But life is a sincerity.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.

Our globe discovers its bidden virtues, not only in heroes and arch-angels, but in gossips and nurses.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.