To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant

Properly speaking, all true work is religion.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.