Every sunset which I witness inspires me with the desire to go to a west as distant and as fair as that into which the Sun goes down. He appears to migrate westward daily and tempt us to follow him. He is the Great Western Pioneer whom the nations follow. We dream all night of those mountain ridges in the horizon, though they may be of vapor only, which were last gilded by his rays.

In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.

I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.