I pray that the life of this spring and summer may ever lie fair in my memory.

The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us.

We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return - sending back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms.

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.

It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make, that you shall speak so that they can understand you. Neither men nor toadstools grow so.

Real power is measured by how much you can let things be.

We slander the hyena; man is the fiercest and cruelest animal.