A temple, you know, was anciently "an open place without a roof," whose walls served merely to shut out the world and direct the mind toward heaven; ….

I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing..

Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the ….

How many a poor immortal soul I have met well-nigh crushed and smothered under its load, creeping down the road of life, pushing before it [an oversi….

Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly..

This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams.….

The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold thus obtained is not the same ….

We find it difficult to choose our direction because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea..

I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering throu….

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!.

I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of sight, New earths and skies and seas around, And in my day the sun doth pale his light..

The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves..

Remember that you need not eat unless you are hungry..

It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount..

The newspaper is a Bible which we read every morning and every afternoon, standing and sitting, riding and walking. It is a Biblewhich every man carr….

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul..

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone..

Nature is fair in proportion as the youth is pure. The heavens and the earth are one flower ; the earth is the calyx, the heavens the corolla..

At least let us have healthy books..

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve..

The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet..