Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
Henry David ThoreauThe newspapers are the ruling power. Any other government is reduced to a few marines at Fort Independence. If a man neglects to read the Daily Times, government will go down on its knees to him, for this is the only treason these days.
Henry David ThoreauThe American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.
Henry David ThoreauI confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.... While my townsmen and women are devoted in somany ways to the good of their fellows, I trust that one at least may be spared to other and less humane pursuits. You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else. As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
Henry David Thoreau