The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.

When I visit again some haunt of my youth, I am glad to find that nature wears so well. The landscape is indeed something real, and solid, and sincere, and I have not put my foot through it yet.

One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

I mean that they (students) should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end. How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living? Methinks this would exercise their minds as much as mathematics.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives adivine life. By the healthful and invigorating thrills of inspiration his life is preserved to a serene old age.