And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science.

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.

The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. And every sand becomes a gem Reflected in the beams divine; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.