In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.