Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never unfold?

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it.

You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.