"

Your church is a baby-house made of blocks.

"

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

"

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

"

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged m...more

"

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as afte...more

"

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observ...more

"

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular...more

"

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, a...more

"

They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods the...more

"

Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.

"

I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit...more

"

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slide...more

"

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

"

Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails. Let us ...more

"

The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it.