If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David ThoreauWe rarely meet a man who can tell us any news which he has not read in a newspaper, or been told by his neighbor; and, for the most part, the only difference between us and our fellow is that he has seen the newspaper, or been out to tea, and we have not.
Henry David ThoreauIn ancient days the Pythagoreans were used to change names with each other,--fancying that each would share the virtues they admired in the other.
Henry David ThoreauThe largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.
Henry David Thoreau