Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

Most men would feel shame if caught preparing with their own hands precisely such a dinner, whether of animal or vegetable food, as is every day prepared for them by others. Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women. This certainly suggests what change is to be made.

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment.

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

In my cheapest moments I am apt to think that it is n't my business to be "seeking the spirit," but as much its business to be seeking me.

I am a majority of one.

Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital.