There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.

All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.