I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.
You never gain something but that you lose something.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!
When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
I am a majority of one.
The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of?