Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor.

Insane!... Ask the tyrant who is his most dangerous foe, the sane man or the insane?

I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter.

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.