You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars..

You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine..

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities o….

Be sensible of your wants, that you maybe sensible of your treasures..

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill ….

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of i….

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite….

It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not you….

A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But th….

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious..

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It is a region of Light and Peace, di….

Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profita….

And every stone and every star a tongue, And every gale of wind a curious song. The Heavens were an oracle, and spoke Divinity: the Earth did underta….

Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton..

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, th….

Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his ….

Souls are God's jewels..

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love..

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain..

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love..

As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well..