A simple life is its own reward.

America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.