He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days... - Henry David Thoreau

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."

"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."

"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them."

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."