"Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preëxists in the means, the fruit in the seed."

"Nature is no sentimentalist—does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will not mind drowning a man or a woman, but swallows your ship like a grain of dust."

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

"The highest good is that which is most useful."

"The secret of success is to be true to your purpose."