Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Even trees do not die without a groan.

He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.

There is not one kind of food for all men. You must and you will feed those faculties which you exercise. The laborer whose body is weary does not require the same food with the scholar whose brain is weary.

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats me. It never jests. It is cheerfully, musically earnest. I lie and relie on the earth.