The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.

But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader that I am only an experimenter.Do not set the least value on what I do, or the least discredit on what I do not, as if I pretended to settle any thing as true or false. I unsettle all things. No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.

I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.

Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.

I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.