The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians and scholars grow gray in commemorating it.

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

Let us consider under what disadvantages Science has hitherto labored before we pronounce thus confidently on her progress.