Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to be unfit to be his companions; it is very uncivil, nay, insulting; Society will retaliate.

If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

The true doctrine of omnipresence is, that God reappears with all his parts in every moss and cobweb.

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same fields, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.

If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it.

We grizzle every day. I see no need of it. Whilst we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young.