He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
Every idea must have a visible enfolding.
The true artist can only labor con amore.
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant.
No one can keep a secret better than a child.
Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. Germination includes the hatching of a meteor and the tap of a swallow's bill breaking the egg, and it leads forward the birth of an earth-worm and the advent of Socrates.