As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.

You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns.

There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.

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

The very dogs that sullenly bay the moon from farm-yards in these nights excite more heroism in our breasts than all the civil exhortations or war sermons of the age.

We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.