"The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be."

"To move the world we must move ourselves."

"May the inward and outward man be as one."

"God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods..."

"We cannot live better than in seeking to become better."

"He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature."