“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”

“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”

“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see it is above, not against them.”

“The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.”

“Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.”

“We know how we were born, but know not how we will die”