A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.
Henry David ThoreauYou may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not.
Henry David ThoreauThis fair homestead has fallen to us, and how little have we done to improve it, how little have we cleared and hedged and ditched! We are too inclined to go hence to a "better land," without lifting a finger, as our farmers are moving to the Ohio soil; but would it not be more heroic and faithful to till and redeem this New England soil of the world?
Henry David ThoreauHow long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent? As if one were tobegin the day with long-suffering, and hire a man to hoe his potatoes; and in the afternoon go forth to practise Christian meekness and charity with goodness aforethought!
Henry David Thoreau