“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.”

“The highest revelation is that God is in every man.”

“Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay”

“In inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.”

“A man is known by the books he reads.”

“The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows...”

“The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.”