“Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.”

“If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.”

“Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.”

“Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.”

“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.”

“A sunset a forest a snow storm a certain river view are more to me than many friends.”

“Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams”