The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

A great teacher makes hard things easy.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinction. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. It is like ice, on which no beauty of form, no majesty of carriage, can plead any immunity; they must walk gingerly, according to the laws of ice, or down they must go, dignity and all.

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.

The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands close to Nature; he obtains from the earth the bread and the meat. The food which was not, he causes to be.

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.