The monument of death will outlast the memory of the dead. The Pyramids do not tell the tale which was confided to them; the living fact commemorates itself.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.

The scenery when it is truly seen reacts on the life of the seer.

Color, which is the poet's wealth, is so expensive that most take to mere outline sketches and become men of science.

Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. Most begin to veer and tack as soon as the wind changes from aft, and as within the tropics it does not blow from all points of the compass, there are some harbors which they can never reach.