» We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
» We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.
» The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
» What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.
» Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
» I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
» Water is the only drink for a wise man.
» Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
» The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
» We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.