Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no gains have meaning unless accomplished in a state of wakefulness.

I know this well, that if one thousand, if one hundred, if ten men whom I could name,--if ten honest men only,--ay, if one HONESTman, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.