The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours ... but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Equally important is the job you are working at.

For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.