Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it! Is the scholastic air any advantage?

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.

Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins.

Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest trees.

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?