That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

There is no intercessor, angel, mediator, between man and God; for man can speak and God hear, each for himself. He requires no advocates to plead for men.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.