I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so as to be adequate to the truth of which I have been convinced.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

It makes no odds where a man goes or stays, if he is only about his business.

I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men themselves have some wild oats still left to sow before they become submissive members of society. Undoubtedly, all men are not equally fit subjects for civilization; and because the majority, like dogs and sheep, are tame by inherited disposition, this is no reason why the others should have their natures broken that they may be reduced to the same level.

There never is but one opportunity of a kind.

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.