“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,-- These three alone lead life to sovereign power.”

“But strive still to be a man before your mother.”

“If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who…”

“The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all, and this can only be achieved…”

“And certainly we should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful…”

“That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.”