The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.

So will I build my altar in the fields, And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be, And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields Shall be the incense I will yield to thee.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?.

Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well employ each faculty of sense, and keep the heart awake to love and beauty.

As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast and the devil may be conquered, but in this life never destroyed.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.