If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!

Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.

If one doubts whether Grecian valor and patriotism are not a fiction of the poets, he may go to Athens and see still upon the walls of the temple of Minerva the circular marks made by the shields taken from the enemy in the Persian war, which were suspended there. We have not far to seek for living and unquestionable evidence. The very dust takes shape and confirms some story which we had read.

The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent.

If it is the result of a pure love, there can be nothing sensual in marriage. Chastity is something positive, not negative. It isthe virtue of the married especially. All lusts or base pleasures must give place to loftier delights. They who meet as superior beings cannot perform the deeds of inferior ones.

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for.