In our large cities, the population is godless, materialized,--no bond, no fellow-feeling, no enthusiasm. These are not men, but hungers, thirsts, fevers, and appetites walking. How is it people manage to live on,--so aimless as they are? After their peppercorn aims are gained, it seems as if the lime in their bones alone held them together, and not any worthy purpose.

Men are so charmed with valor that they have pleased themselves with being called lions, leopards, eagles and dragons, from the animals contemporary with us in the geologic formations.

Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.

I am Defeated all the time, yet to Victory I am born.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

Enthusiasm is the engine of success.