Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.

People seem sheathed in their tough organization.

Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.

When it's dark enough men see stars.

If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes.