Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.

People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities.

How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you.

You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere

I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.