I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly fitting as a tree itsbark. Now our garments are typical of our conformity to the ways of the world, i.e., of the devil, and to some extent react on us and poison us, like that shirt which Hercules put on.

To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.

Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science.

That is a pathetic inquiry among travelers and geographers after the site of ancient Troy. It is not near where they think it is.When a thing is decayed and gone, how indistinct must be the place it occupied!

The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity and courage which are immortal.

The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.

Every child begins the world again.