No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

We learn to treasure what is above this earth; we long for revelation, which nowhere burns more purely and more beautifully than in the New Testament.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

I have observed that as long as one lives and bestirs himself, he can always find food and raiment, though it may not be of the choicest description.