Beards in olden times, were the emblems of wisdom and piety.

The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher.

Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.

The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which is sometimes found in women.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.