Such a man has some right to fish, and I love to see nature carried out in him.

There is always some accident in the best things, whether thoughts or expressions or deeds. The memorable thought, the happy expression, the admirable deed are only partly ours.

The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it.

It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.

In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial.

Every man is entitled to come to Cattle-Show, even a transcendentalist; and for my part I am more interested in the men than in the cattle.