The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly. |
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn |
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broad swords, or canals, or statues, or songs |
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character. |
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. |
The dice of God are always loaded. |
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith |
The education of the will is the object of our existence. |
The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief |
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. |
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. |
The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet |
The eye is easily frightened. |
The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul |
The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul |