I make myself rich by making my wants few.

We need the tonic of wildness.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

Let a man take time enough for the most trivial deed, though it be but the paring of his nails. The buds swell imperceptibly, without hurry or confusion,--as if the short spring days were an eternity.

It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.