A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.

Coining "Dismal Science" as a nickname for Political Economy

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.

Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.

O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other.

A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.