“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.”

“To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.”

“It is greatly understated to compare humans to an absorbent sponge, a glowing fuse; they are each an innumerable harmony, a living self that has an effect on all of the forces that surround them.”

“Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.”

“Praise and esteem bring about skill where skill deserves comendation. When wisdom is adorned with praise it blossoms in profusion.”

“There are so many today who are given to judging the good bad and the bad good. They act not to right but to cross purpose.”

“We sow the seed of deadly nightshade and wish it to bear lilies and roses!”