The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.

Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.