The strongest wind cannot stagger a Spirit; it is a Spirit's breath. A just man's purpose cannot be split on any Grampus or material rock, but itself will split rocks till it succeeds.

Shall a man not have his spring as well as the plants?

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.

What a fool he must be who thinks that his El Dorado is anywhere but where he lives.

We are conscious of an animal in us, which awakens in proportion as our higher nature slumbers. It is reptile and sensual, and perhaps cannot be wholly expelled; like the worms which, even in life and health, occupy our bodies. Possibly we may withdraw from it, but never change its nature. I fear that it may enjoy a certain health of its own; that we may be well, yet not pure.

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.