We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.
A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.
The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.