You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain

I noticed, as I had done before, that there was a lull among the mosquitoes about midnight, and that they began again in the morning. Nature is thus merciful. But apparently they need rest as well as we.

Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned.

I love my friends very much, but I find that it is of no use to go to see them. I hate them commonly when I am near them. They belie themselves and deny me continually.

The press is, almost without exception, corrupt.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.