Labor is God's education.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature.

In strict science, all persons underlie the same condition of an infinite remoteness. Shall we fear to cool our love by mining forthe metaphysical foundation of this elysian temple? Shall I not be as real as the things I see? If I am, I shall not fear to know them for what they are.

We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves.