Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins.

Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines.

The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.

A stranger may easily detect what is strange to the oldest inhabitant, for the strange is his province.

There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.