Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away.

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.

Gather the rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying, And that same flower that blooms today, tomorrow shall be dying.

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?