I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don't get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

What do the botanists know? Our lives should go between the lichen and the bark. The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind. We are still being born, and have as yet but a dim vision of sea and land, sun, moon, and stars, and shall not see clearly till after nine days at least.

Writing your name can lead to writing sentences. And the next thing you'll be doing is writing paragraphs, and then books. And then you'll be in as much trouble as I am!

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

Nature is not made after such a fashion as we would have her. We piously exaggerate her wonders, as the scenery around our home.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.