Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.

It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws.

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Yet we must try the harder, the less the prospect of success.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to our progress. Our life is frittered away by detail. I say let your affairs be as two or three, not a hundred or a thousand. And keep your accounts on your thumb nail.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.