But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can onlybe known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing.

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.

It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in.

I think it is the best of humanity that goes out to walk. In happy hours, I think all affairs may be wisely postponed for walking.

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.