The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.

Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.

Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will render a service to the whole face of this continent, and will further the most poetic of all the occupations of real life, the bringing out by art the native but hidden graces of the landscape.

Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.

See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.

So each man, like each plant, has his parasites. A strong, astringent, bilious nature has more truculent enemies than the slugs and moths that fret my leaves. Such a one has curculios, borers, knife-worms; a swindler ate him first, then a client, then a quack, then smooth, plausible gentlemen, bitter and selfish as Moloch.