That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

The same law that shapes the earth-star shapes the snow-star. As surely as the petals of a flower are fixed, each of these countless snow-stars comes whirling …

This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. Its untamed voice is still heard above the tinkling of the forge... It remains…

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twi…

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.