The State is our neighbors; our neighbors are the State.

Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.

But a public oration is an escapade, a non-committal, an apology, a gag, and not a communication, not a speech, not a man.

I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me.

A weed is a plant we've found no use for yet.

Underneath the inharmonious and trivial particulars, is a musical perfection, the Ideal journeying always with us, the heaven without rent or seam.

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.