The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever!... What at such a time are histories, chronologies, traditions, and all written revelations? The brooks sing carols and glees to the spring.

It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

The fault finder will find faults even in paradise and thereby miss the joys that recognition of the positives bring.

Man emulates earth Earth emulates heaven Heaven emulates the Way The way emulates nature.

We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.

I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.