As far as our noblest hardwood forests are concerned, the animals, especially squirrels and jays, are our greatest and almost only benefactors. It is to them that we owe this gift. It is not in vain that the squirrels live in or about every forest tree, or hollow log, and every wall and heap of stones.

To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.

As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the sole patron of music.

What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation!

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy.