It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly, that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.

Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.

Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements.