In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the June night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact before me and stand aloof from its honor and shame.

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.

The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the youthful man with an interest in himself; with a curiosity touching his own nature; to acquaint him with the resources of his mind, and to teach him that there is all his strength.

Do what you fear and your fear will die.

When we attempt to define and describe God, both language and thought desert us, and we are as helpless as fools and savages.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.