Earth endures; Stars abide.

But whoso is heroic will always find crises to try his edge.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.

A man should carry nature in his head.

When we have broken our god of tradition, and ceased from our god of rhetoric, then may God fire the heart with His presence.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.