It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination

You don't know your testament when you see it.

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

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.