Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.

I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.

The book exists for us, perchance, which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones.

Enemies publish themselves. They declare war. The friend never declares his love.

There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.