Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
I call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of society, and which does not cower to human opinion: Which refuses to be the slave or tool of the many or of the few, and guards its empire over itself as nobler than the empire of the world.
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.