I want the flower and fruit of a man; that some fragrance be wafted over from him to me, and some ripeness flavor our intercourse.

A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it.

Be it life or death, we crave only reality.

I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.

I think of no news to tell you. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. The hens steal their nests, and I steal theireggs still, as formerly. This is what I do with the hands. Ah, labor,--it is a divine institution, and conversation with many men and hens.

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.