Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true.

What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter.

Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true.

Society will be obeyed; if you refuse obedience, you must take the consequences. Society has only one law, and that is custom. Even religion itself is socially powerful only just so far as it has custom on its side.

You may have a cat in the room with you without anxiety about anything except eatables. The presence of a cat is positively soothing to a student.

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.

There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks.