Only what is thought, said, or done at a certain rare coincidence is good.

There is an orientalism in the most restless pioneer, and the farthest west is but the farthest east.

Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?

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 only fruit which even much living yields seems to be often only some trivial success,--the ability to do some slight thing better. We make conquest only of husks and shells for the most part,--at least apparently,--but sometimes these are cinnamon and spices, you know.

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.

While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.