There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless.

Isolation breeds conceit.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

Blessed be agriculture! if one does not have too much of it.

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.