The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.

Produce, produce! Were it but the pitifulest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name. 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee? Out with it then! Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might.

A false man found a religion? Why, a false man cannot build a brick house!

The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.