Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.

I am a part and parcel of God.

This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.