I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.

There is considerable danger that a man will be crazy between dinner and supper; but it will not directly answer any good purposethat I know of, and it is just as easy to be sane.

The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence.

Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.

Truly, our greatest blessings are very cheap.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.