He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.

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I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.

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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven

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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

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Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.

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He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

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after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

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