The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of life. To live like a philosopher is to live, not foolishly, like other men, but wisely and according to universal laws.

What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

We need the tonic of wildness.

As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

Men are as innocent as the morning to the unsuspicious.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.