It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man's busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.

We cannot write well or truly but what we write with gusto.

The kind uncles and aunts of the race are more esteemed than its true spiritual fathers and mothers.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost.

Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling.

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.