Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

And so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.

How can you expect the birds to sing when their groves are cut down?

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.

Continued traveling is far from productive. It begins with wearing away the soles of the shoes, and making the feet sore, and erelong it will wear a man clean up, after making his heart sore into the bargain. I have observed that the afterlife of those who have traveled much is very pathetic.