Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet forever? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.

Give me a country where it is the most natural thing in the world for a government that does not understand you to let you alone.

Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her.

In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

You must speak loud to those who are hard of hearing.

The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact.