Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible.

The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence.

Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by.

I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that the corporations may be enriched.

The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.

I suppose that the great questions of "Fate, Freewill, Foreknowledge Absolute," which used to be discussed at Concord, are still unsettled.

To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.