Can we not do without the society of our gossip a little while, - have our own thoughts to cheer us?

We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa crisis near at hand, but she is forever silent and unpretending.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.

Look not to legislatures and churches for your guidance, nor to any soulless incorporated bodies, but to inspirited or inspired ones.

We loiter in winter while it is already spring.

The best poets, after all, exhibit only a tame and civil side of nature. They have not seen the west side of any mountain.