The student may read Homer or Ãâ schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion of their poetic value than we.

Henry David Thoreau

Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.

Henry David Thoreau

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

Henry David Thoreau

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Henry David Thoreau

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

Henry David Thoreau

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The student may read Homer or Ãâ schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages.

The student may read Homer or Ãâ schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages.