A walk in the woods is only an exalted dream.

Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.

The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale scholar.

Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential.

Every book is good to read which sets the reader in a working mood.