Cowardice shuts the eyes till the sky is not larger than a calf-skin: shuts the eyes so that we cannot see the horse that is running away with us; worse, shuts the eyes of the mind and chills the heart.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.

For, when men shall meet as they ought, each a benefactor, a shower of stars, clothed with thoughts, with deeds, with accomplishments, it should be the festival of nature which all things announce. Of such friendship, love in the sexes is the first symbol, as all other things are symbols of love. Those relations to the best men, which, at one time, we reckoned the romances of youth, become, in the progress of character, the most solid enjoyment.

Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.

Health and appetite impart the sweetness to sugar, bread and meat.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.