I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.
I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions, or set myself up as better than my neighbors. I seek rather, I may say, even an excuse for con...
I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government.
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life.
If I knew ... that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good I should run for my life.
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
Being is the great explainer.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.
All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
This life is not for complaint but for satisfaction.
What a man thinks of himself that is what determines or rather indicates his fate.
A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone.
It is never too late to give up your prejudices
A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as s...
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.