He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it; and did not spend our time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty.

I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

The birds I heard today, which, fortunately, did not come within the scope of my science, sang as freshly as if it had been the first morning of creation.

We cannot put a noose around another man's neck without first hanging ourselves.

Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements.