Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary.

Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man's art would also be wild or natural in a good sense.

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

As a man grows older, his ability to sit still and follow indoor occupations increases. He grows vespertinal in his habits as theevening of life approaches, till at last he comes forth only just before sundown, and gets all the walk that he requires in half an hour.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about.