The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Nature is fair in proportion as the youth is pure. The heavens and the earth are one flower ; the earth is the calyx, the heavens the corolla.

A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.

We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live. Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it. We know not where we are. Beside, we are sound asleep nearly half our time.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.