A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

Let a slight snow come and cover the earth, and the tracks of men will show how little the woods and fields are frequented.

The only wealth is life.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? His business calls him out at all hours, even when doctors sleep.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.