If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.

Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played.

The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever!

They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.

What is most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the forest, with fewer open intervals or glades than you had imagined. Except the few burnt lands, the narrow intervals on the rivers, the bare tops of the high mountains, and the lakes and streams, the forest is uninterrupted.

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.