“Каква е ползата от къща,ако нямаш сносна планета,на която да я поставиш...”

“Ако онзи, който слуша това, е истински приятел на мъдростта, ако е вътрешно сроден с нея и ако е призван като въодушевен от Бога да се занимава с нея, и вярва да е получил вест за някакъв път, който води към някаква чудна страна, за да постигне която, той трябва от сега нататък да напрегне всички сили: по-скоро той ще се откаже от живота, отколкото от тази цел.”

“Be not simply good; be good for something.”

“I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.”

“I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to the other”

“All the world complain now a days of a press of trivial duties & engagements which prevents their employing themselves on some higher ground they know of, - but undoubtedly if they were made of the right stuff to work on that higher ground, provided they were released from all those engagements - they would now at once fulfill the superior engagement, and neglect all the rest, as naturally as they breathe. They would never be caught saying that they had no time for this when the dullest man knows that this is all that he has time for.”

“Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!”