You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.

To fill the hour──that is happiness.

Never read any book that is not a year old.

Steam was till the other day the devil which we dreaded. Every pot made by any human potter or brazier had a hole in its cover, to let off the enemy, lest he should lift pot and roof and carry the house away.

Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles.

Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.