We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.
Do what you're afraid to do.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know
What is the hardest task in the world? To think.
When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature.