Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.

An idea, in the highest sense of that word, cannot be conveyed but by a symbol.

Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power.

O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please.

Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance.

Some persons have contended that mathematics ought to be taught by making the illustrations obvious to the senses. Nothing can be more absurd or injurious: it ought to be our never-ceasing effort to make people think, not feel.

When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.