If a man were to place himself in an attitude to bear manfully the greatest evil that can be inflicted on him, he would find suddenly that there was no such evil to bear; his brave back would go a-begging.

Music never stops; it is only the listening that is intermittent.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.

Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.

Of a life of luxury the fruit is luxury, whether in agriculture, or commerce, or literature, or art.

Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.