“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.”

“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them”

“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.”

“Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.”

“The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with their liberal allowance of time.”

“No very black melencholy can come to he who lives in the midst of nature and has his senses still.....”

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”