Most of the things I worried about in life never happened.

There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed.

Too much is just enough.

Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.

But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

Chastity - you can carry it too far.