As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of a woodchuck stealing across my path, and felt a strange thrill of savage delight, and was strongly tempted to seize and devour him raw; not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.

Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps.

Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played.

Lose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.

To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be still-born, rather.

We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone.

Dissent without action is consent.