When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.

Nature is a vast repository of manly enjoyments.

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children.

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.

Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.