All great enterprises are self-supporting.

The lover wants no partiality. He says, Be so kind as to be just.

Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?

I knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these are the only remarkable walls we have in North America, though we have a good deal of Virginia fence, it is true.

In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.

Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.