Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

We cannot fail in following nature.

I have a vocabulary all my own. I "pass the time" when it is wet and disagreeable. When it is fine I do not wish to pass it; I ruminate it and hold on to it. We should hasten over the bad, and settle upon the good.

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and evening. His chief study will be Philosophy, that Former of good judgement and character who is privileged to be concerned with everything.

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.