There is not one kind of food for all men. You must and you will feed those faculties which you exercise. The laborer whose body is weary does not require the same food with the scholar whose brain is weary.

I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.

If you would be chaste, you must be temperate.

Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.

Love is the profoundest of secrets. Divulged, even to the beloved, it is no longer Love. As if it were merely I that loved you. When love ceases, then it is divulged.

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.