philosophy Quotes

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.