It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.

I have not earned what I have already enjoyed.

It required some rudeness to disturb with our boat the mirror-like surface of the water, in which every twig and blade of grass was so faithfully reflected; too faithfully indeed for art to imitate, for only Nature may exaggerate herself.

What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary?

He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed.