England produces under favorable conditions of ease and culture the finest women in the world. And, as the men are affectionate and true-hearted, the women inspire and refine them.

...in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages...in the woods we return to reason and faith.

A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.

It is an esoteric doctrine of society, that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good for hands and legs.

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.

Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.