There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .

There is no beginning too small.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better than if he took a nap.

When a man truly commits, the universe will conspire to assure his success.

I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.