A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.

Life has a way of demanding that you live it.

Character repudiates intellect, yet excites it; and character passes into thought, is published so, and then is ashamed before newflashes of moral worth.

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.

Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom.