I think that no experience which I have today comes up to, or is comparable with, the experiences of my boyhood.

Let a slight snow come and cover the earth, and the tracks of men will show how little the woods and fields are frequented.

If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler.

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.

It is a great art to saunter !

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

Let Harlequin be taken with a fit of the colic, and his trappings will have to serve that mood too.