People who wash much have a high mind about it, and talk down to those who wash little.

We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

A garden is like those pernicious machineries which catch a man's coat-skirt or his hand, and draw in his arm, his leg , and his whole body to irresistible destruction.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.