What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe.
There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.
I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.