If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the devil's angels.

God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.

Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of one's style, both of speaking and writing.

This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor.

Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.