The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. Confucius.
The essence of poetry is will and passion. Hazlitt.
The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower. Froude.
The essence of wealth consists in its authority over men; if (therefore) the apparent or nominal wealth fail in this power, it fails in essence; in fact, ceases to be wealth at all. And since the essence of wealth consists in power over men, will it not follow that the nobler and the more in number the persons are over whom it has power, the greater the wealth. Ruskin.
The essence or peculiarity of man is to comprehend a whole. Emerson.
The essential thing for all creatures is to be 5 made to do right. Ruskin.
The Eternal is no simulacrum; God is not only there, but here or nowhere,—in that life-breath of thine, in that act and thought of thine,—and thou wert wise to look to it. Carlyle.
The eternal stars shine out again, as soon as it is dark enough. Carlyle.
The eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach; but that little spot of ground which lies betwixt those two great oceans, this we are to cultivate. Burnet.
The even and cheerful temper makes us pleasing to ourselves, to those with whom we converse, and to Him whom we were made to please. Addison.