Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played.

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.

He who rides and keeps the beaten track studies the fences chiefly.

He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behaviour as well as application.

Instead of the scream of a fish hawk scaring the fishes, is heard the whistle of the steam-engine, arousing a country to its progress.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we do; and yet how much is not done by us!