There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

There are none happy in the world but beings who enjoy freely a vast horizon.

The scholar is not apt to make his most familiar experience come gracefully to the aid of his expression.

Being is the great explainer.

Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.

We seem to think that the earth must go through the ordeal of sheep-pasturage before it is habitable by man.

I should have liked to come across a large community of pines, which had never been invaded by the lumbering army.