"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the b…"

"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."

"I perceive that, when an acorn and a chestnut fall side by side, the one does not remain long in the mould of the other, but makes its own bed, and pushes itself away the shortest and surest way, by i…"

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."

"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest."