Wonder is the basis of worship.
He who first shortened the labor of copyists by device of movable types was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world: he had invented the art of printing.
The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Enjoy things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.