But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.
Henry David ThoreauWhen I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?
Henry David ThoreauI am too easily contented with a slight and almost animal happiness. My happiness is a good deal like that of the woodchucks.
Henry David Thoreau