All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.

The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.

Commerce is really as interesting as nature.