Every man must walk to the beat of his own drummer.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

It is far more independent to travel on foot. You have to sacrifice so much to the horse. You cannot choose the most agreeable places in which to spend the noon., commanding the finest views, because commonly there is no water there, or you cannot get there with your horse.

In Adam's fall We sinned all. In the new Adam's rise, We shall all reach the skies.

The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.