I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper.

This we take it is the grand characteristic of our age. By our skill in Mechanism, it has come to pass, that in the management ofexternal things we excel all other ages; while in whatever respects the pure moral nature, in true dignity of soul and character, we are perhaps inferior to most civilised ages.

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

Who is there that, in logical words, can express the effect music has on us?

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.