Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

Who knows what the human body would expand and flow out to under a more genial heaven?

Nature spontaneously keeps us well. Do not resist her!

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.