From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.

Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and the hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.

On the 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine,... I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the Penobscot, either alone or with such company as I might pick up there.

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience, but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.