"The highest compact we can make with our fellow is—'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'"

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"The soul's emphasis is always right."

"Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."

"The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."