The greater number of men are merely corporals.

Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape and all surfaces, dressing up some scene for our entertainment. Lately we had a leafy wilderness; now bare twigs begin to prevail, and soon she will surprise us with a mantle of snow. Some green she thinks so good for our eyes that, like blue, she never banishes it entirely from our eyes, but has created evergreens.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

The most domestic cat, which has lain on a rug all her days, appears quite at home in the woods, and, by her sly and stealthy behavior, proves herself more native there than the regular inhabitants.

How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Morning brings back the heroic ages.