A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely but….

Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom..

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem..

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens..

Genius is its own end..

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen..

I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the othe….

Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of SHAKSPEARE's wit. The men who lived with him became Poets, for the air was fame..

It is with a good book as it is with good company..

Women see through Claude Lorraines..

Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is..

The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands cl….

The education of the will is the object of our existence..

You may regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer, but if you cannot, mind your own business..

The highest Beauty should be plain set..

The religions we call false were once true..

It is frivolous to fix pedantically the date of particular inventions. They have all been invented over and over fifty times. Man is the arch machine….

Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity..

The moral equalizes all; enriches, empowers all. It is the coin which buys all, and which all find in their pocket. Under the whipof the driver, the ….

There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of every contract, s….

An empire is an immense egotism..