“Then [good manners] must be inspired by the good heart. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.”

“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.”

“Scatter joy!”

“There is in nature a parallel unity which corresponds to the unity in the mind and makes it available. This methodizing mind meets no resistance in its attempts. The scattered blocks, with which it strives to form a symmetrical structure, fit. This design following after finds with joy that like design went before. Not only man puts things in a row, but things belong in a row.”

“Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.”

“When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long.”

“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.”