Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows.

I have traveled a good deal in Concord; and everywhere, in shops, and offices, and fields, the inhabitants have appeared to me to be doing penance in a thousand remarkable ways.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.