We animate what we can see, and we see only what we animate.
A little fact is worth a whole limbo of dreams.
The energetic action of the times develops individualism, and the religious appear isolated. I esteem this a step in the right direction. Heaven deals with us on no representative system. Souls are not saved in bundles.
Health, south wind, books, old trees, a boat, a friend.
All nobility in its beginnings was somebody's natural superiority.
The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.