“Man should have a solid foundation under his feet, and a roof over his mouth.”

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.”

“A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.”

“A man treats his own faults as original sin and supposes them scattered everywhere with the seed of Adam. He supposes that men have then added their own foreign vices to the solid and simple foundation of his own private vices. It would astound him to realize that they have actually, by their strange erratic path, avoided his vices as well as his virtues.”

“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.”

“For how can a man stand, unless he have something sure under his feet. Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing? Better give in and drown at once.”