The prosaic man sees things badly, or with the bodily sense; but the poet sees them clad in beauty, with the spiritual sense.

The mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country, from every solitary beaver swamp and mountain-side, as soon as possible.

The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

I have learned that even the smallest house can be a home.

Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures.

We are the subjects of an experiment which is not a little interesting to me.