Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books.

To the sick, indeed, nature is sick, but to the well, a fountain of health.

In the unbending of the arm to do the deed there is experience worth all the maxims in the world.

What is commonly called friendship is only a little more honor among rogues.

Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion from above. It is intermediate in its nature between land and sky.

Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.