We sometimes meet uncivil men, children of Amazons, who dwell by mountain paths, and are said to be inhospitable to strangers; whose salutation is as rude as the grasp of their brawny hands, and who deal with men as unceremoniously as they are wont to deal with the elements. They need only extend their clearings, and let in more sunlight, to seek out the southern slopes of the hills, from which they may look down on the civil plain or ocean, and temper their diet duly with the cereal fruits, consuming less wild meat and acorns, to become like the inhabitants of cities.

It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.

We are the subjects of an experiment which is not a little interesting to me.

The traveler must be born again on the road, and earn a passport from the elements.

The country is an archipelago of lakes,--the lake-country of New England.

Such is beauty ever,-neither here nor there, now nor then,-neither in Rome nor in Athens, but wherever there is a soul to admire.