We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated fromlong housekeeping, which he has not the courage to burn.

Hold fast to your most indefinite, waking dream.

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

It is not easy to make our lives respectable by any course of activity. We must repeatedly withdraw into our shells of thought, like the tortoise, somewhat helplessly; yet there is more than philosophy in that.

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.