An Englishman, methinks,--not to speak of other European nations,--habitually regards himself merely as a constituent part of theEnglish nation; he is a member of the royal regiment of Englishmen, and is proud of his company, as he has reason to be proud of it. But an American--one who has made tolerable use of his opportunities--cares, comparatively, little about such things, and is advantageously nearer to the primitive and the ultimate condition of man in these respects.

The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses.

Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring.

I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future.

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

There never is but one opportunity of a kind.