Such is the never-failing beauty and accuracy of language, the most perfect art in the world; the chisel of a thousand years retouches it.
Henry David ThoreauMany old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.
Henry David ThoreauI have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
Henry David ThoreauOne cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.
Henry David ThoreauOne inconvenience I sometimes experienced in so small a house, the difficulty of getting to a sufficient distance from my guest when we began to utter the big thoughts in big words. You want room for your thoughts to get into sailing trim and run a course or two before they make their port. The bullet of your thought must have overcome its lateral and ricochet motion and fallen into its last and steady course before it reaches the ear of the hearer, else it may plow out again through the side of his head.
Henry David Thoreau