I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The literature of every nation bear me witness. The English dramatic poets have Shakspearized now for two hundred years.

It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture. The continent we inhabit is to be physic andfood for our mind, as well as our body. The land, with its tranquilizing, sanative influences, is to repair the errors of a scholastic and traditional education, and bring us to just relations with men and things.

Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am quite ready to be charmed, but I shall not make-believe I am charmed.

The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.

All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.