Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.

There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.

The scenery, when it is truly seen, reacts on the life of the seer. How to live. How to get the most of life.... How to extract its honey from the flower of the world.

The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of life. To live like a philosopher is to live, not foolishly, like other men, but wisely and according to universal laws.

Though my life is low, if my spirit looks upward habitually at an elevated angle, it is as if it were redeemed. When the desire to be better than we are is really sincere we are instantly elevated, and so far better already.

Beware of any profession for which you must buy new clothes.

I do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster.