Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life ... would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights' Entertainments.
Henry David ThoreauYou may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.
Henry David ThoreauThe highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence.
Henry David ThoreauWe seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.
Henry David Thoreau