All health and success does me good, however far off and withdrawn it may appear; all disease and failure helps to make me sad anddoes me evil, however much sympathy it may have with me or I with it.

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past

The youth may build or plant or sail, only let him not be hindered from doing that which he tells me he would like to do.

Live the life you've dreamed.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

At present the globe goes with a shattered constitution in its orbit.... No doubt the simple powers of nature, properly directed by man, would make it healthy and a paradise; as the laws of man's own constitution but wait to be obeyed, to restore him to health and happiness.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.