We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

Youth is everywhere in place.

My own mind is the direct revelation which I have from God and far least liable to mistake in telling his will of any revelation.

We don't grow old. When we cease to grow, we become old.

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.

"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life~~no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair."