Things do not change; we change.

It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we will maintain a true course.

It enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.