Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.

There is commonly sufficient space about us. Our horizon is never quite at our elbows.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

A man of fine perceptions is more truly feminine than a merely sentimental woman.

As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.

I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.