If Columbus was the first to discover the islands, Americus Vespucius and Cabot, and the Puritans, and we their descendants, havediscovered only the shores of America.

What is the use of going right over the old track again? There is an adder in the path which your own feet have worn. You must make tracks into the Unknown.

Be wary of technology; it is often merely an improved means to an unimproved end.

Surely joy is the condition of life.

But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.

As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the stars are worlds, and had conferred a great benefit on mankind.

In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts.