We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality.