Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

It is the stars as not yet known to science that I would know, the stars which the lonely traveler knows.

Simplicity is the law of Nature for man as well as for flowers. When the tapestry (corolla) of the nuptial bed (calyx) is excessive, luxuriant, it is unproductive. The fertile flowers are single, not double.

Any moral philosophy is exceedingly rare. This of Menu addresses our privacy more than most. It is a more private and familiar, and at the same time, a more public and universal word, than is spoken in parlor or pulpit nowadays.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.