Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.

The science of style as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style.

Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily evoked by his personal defects, who with a handsome person would have sunk into the luxury of a careless life under the tranquillizing smiles of continual admiration.

All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into it.

Rightly it is said of utter, utter misery, that it 'cannot be remembered'; itself, being a rememberable thing, is swallowed up in its own chaos.

Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humblest to the dust, but also thou exaltest to the clouds. Thou shakest us with ague, but also thou steadiest like frost. Thou sickenest the heart, but also thou healest its infirmities.

The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect.