We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.

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

Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital.

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

The young pines springing up in the corn-fields from year to year are to me a refreshing fact.