For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.

No man can have society upon his own terms.

The history of the genesis or the old mythology repeats itself in the experience of every child. He too is a demon or god thrown into a particular chaos, where he strives ever to lead things from disorder into order.

Each mind has its own method. A true man never acquires after college rules.

The vulgar call good fortune that which really is produced by the calculations of genius.

Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement.