The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

As far back as I can remember I have unconsciously referred to the experiences of a previous state of existence.

I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.... While my townsmen and women are devoted in somany ways to the good of their fellows, I trust that one at least may be spared to other and less humane pursuits. You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else. As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.

All men are partially buried in the grave of custom, and of some we see only the crown of the head above ground. Better are the physically dead, for they more lively rot. Even virtue is no longer such if it be stagnant. A man's life should be constantly as fresh as this river. It should be the same channel, but a new water every instant.

Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.