It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

The only sin in the world is ignorance.

You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.

The whole body of what is now called moral or ethical truth existed in the golden age as abstract science. Or, if we prefer, we may say that the laws of Nature are the purest morality.

The flowers of the apple are perhaps the most beautiful of any tree's, so copious and so delicious to both sight and scent.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

It is a thorough process, this war with the wilderness - breaking nature, taming the soil. feeding it on oats. The civilized man regards the pine tree as his enemy. He will fell it and let in the light, grub it up and raise wheat or rye there. It is no better than a fungus to him.