Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house, as well as horse, having an instinct for it...At last we know not what it is to live in the open air, and our lives are domestic in more senses than we think.

Rescue the drowning and tie your shoestrings.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

I wish to learn what life has to teach, and not, when I come to die, discover that I have not truly lived.

Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him.

Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.