So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity.

if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?

It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.

The rule is to carry as little as possible.

I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another toward a primitive rank and savage one, and I reverence them both. I love the wild not less than the good.

The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct. It appeared more beautiful to live low and farehard in many respects; and though I never did so, I went far enough to please my imagination.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.