For in the wood these golden days Some leaf obeys its Maker's call. And through their hollow aisles it plays With delicate touch the prelude of the F….

In Homer and Chaucer there is more of the innocence and serenity of youth than in the more modern and moral poets. The Iliad is not Sabbath but morni….

Many a poor sore-eyed student that I have heard of would grow faster, both intellectually and physically, if, instead of sitting up so very late, he ….

Men sometimes speak as if the study of the classics would at length make way for more modern and practical studies; but the adventurous student will ….

Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape and all surfaces….

But, commonly, men are as much afraid of love as of hate..

The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible and g….

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it..

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves. Al….

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new..

How far men go for the material of their houses! The inhabitants of the most civilized cities, in all ages, send into far, primitive forests, beyond ….

Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders..

All great enterprises are self-supporting..

The most attractive sentences are not perhaps the wisest, but the surest and soundest..

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping ….

I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to p….

It is true, these Roman Catholics, priests and all, impress me as a people who have fallen far behind the significance of their symbols. It is as if ….

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always..

I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visi….

In 1694 a law was passed "that every settler who deserted a town for fear of the Indians should forfeit all his rights therein." But now, at any rate….

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it..