Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction.

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

A walk in the woods is only an exalted dream.

My doom and my strength is to be solitary.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.