It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.
Henry David ThoreauThis life we live is a strange dream, and I don't believe at all any account men give of it.
Henry David ThoreauThe whole of the day should not be daytime; there should be one hour, if not more, which the day did not bring forth.
Henry David ThoreauNations! What are nations? Tartars! and Huns! and Chinamen! Like insects they swarm. The historian strives in vain to make them memorable. It is for want of a man that there are so many men. It is individuals that populate the world.
Henry David Thoreau