It is for want of self-culture that the superstition of Travelling, whose idols are Italy, England, Egypt, retains its fascinationfor all educated Americans.

Let the bird sing without deciphering the song.

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the common labors and competitions of the market and the caucus, and betake themselves to a certain solitary and critical way of living, from which no solid fruit has yet appeared to justify their separation.

Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.

He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.

Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the exercise of self-trust, new powers shall appear.