I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.

I often accuse my finest acquaintances of an immense frivolity; for, while there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we donot teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual; however, for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.

It is dry, hazy June weather. We are more of the earth, farther from heaven these days.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme; he sees no rafter, not even a cobweb, against the heavens. It is clear sky.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.