The very dogs that sullenly bay the moon from farm-yards in these nights excite more heroism in our breasts than all the civil exhortations or war sermons of the age.

It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.

The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

To the sick the doctors wisely recommend a change of air and scenery.

Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.