"In our good works nothing is our own" — Johannes Calvin

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Source: Walden (1854)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Source: Walden (1854)

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Source: Walden (1854)

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

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