What a pity if we do not live this short time according to the laws of the long time,--the eternal laws!

Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins.

What can be expressed in words can be expressed in life.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.

I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.

Improve every opportunity to be melancholy.