One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Even Nature is observed to have her playful moods or aspects, of which man sometimes seems to be the sport.

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.

Go confidently ... Live the life that you imagined.