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

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. The conscience really does not, and ought not to monopolizethe whole of our lives, any more than the heart or the head. It is as liable to disease as any other part.

We discover a new world every time we see the earth again after it has been covered for a season with snow.

I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse.

Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.

Oh, one world at a time!

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.