What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

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.

Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.

Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.

Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.