The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.

The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

I am a writer, and the duty of a writer is not only to furnish pleasant pursuits for the mind and taste: he will be held accountable if things useful to the soul are not disseminated by his works and if nothing remains after him as a precept for mankind.