We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Life itself is ... a sleep within a sleep.

Cities give not the human senses room enough. We go out daily and nightly to feed the eyes on the horizon, and require so much scope, just as we need water for our bath.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous activity and concentrate your force on one or a few points.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

There is always safety in valor.