Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing.

The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek.

My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.

The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery.

In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

Honey does not lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting.

Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.

Having people wait outside of my house sort of gives me a panic attack. I'm a believer in the concept that people should not be followed and photographed everywhere.

Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.

I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun.

As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.

My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.