Most men would feel shame if caught preparing with their own hands precisely such a dinner, whether of animal or vegetable food, as is every day prepared for them by others. Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women. This certainly suggests what change is to be made.
Henry David ThoreauGod is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.
Henry David ThoreauMen profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.
Henry David ThoreauYou know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else is insignificant tells you more about that one than words can.
Henry David Thoreau