The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality.

Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!

It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination

I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves

As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day.

Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.