Conformity is the ape of harmony.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

My life is for itself and not for a spectacle.