In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial.

All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

Always the laws of light are the same, but the modes and degrees of seeing vary.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.

It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.