Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then takes a young heart heating under fourscore winters.

Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness.

Religion must always be a crab fruit; it cannot be grafted, and keep its wild beauty.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.