A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us.
She shows us only surfaces, but she is million-fathoms deep.
We don't grow old. When we cease to grow, we become old.
The dead sleep in their moonless night; my business is with the living.
A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out.
We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.