There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a mon…

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.