Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly towards an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly a….

What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm..

The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time..

Sphere Music - Some sounds seem to reverberate along the plain, and then settle to earth again like dust; such are Noise, Discord, Jargon. But such o….

As a true patriot, I should be ashamed to think that Adam in paradise was more favorably situated on the whole than the backwoodsman in this country..

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant..

I trust that some may be as near and dear to Buddha, or Christ, or Swedenborg, who are without the pale of their churches..

In order to die, you must first have lived..

The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly….

When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another..

As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public..

Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor?.

Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselv….

The only wealth is life..

Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it..

Birds never sing in caves..

If you look over a list of medicinal recipes in vogue in the last century, how foolish and useless they are seen to be! And yet we use equally absurd….

There must be some nerve and heroism in our love, as of a winter morning..

Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers..

A goal is a dream taken seriously..

We do not learn much from learned books, but from true, sincere, human books, from frank and honest biographies..