Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge college is as solitary as a dervis in the desert.

He who is only a traveler learns things at second-hand and by the halves, and is poor authority. We are most interested when science reports what those men already know practically or instinctively, for that alone is a true humanity, or account of human experience.

The lover wants no partiality. He says, Be so kind as to be just.

To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.