An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we do; and yet how much is not done by us!

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

You never gain something but that you lose something.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.