We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.
Henry David ThoreauCultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.
Henry David ThoreauAs for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top.
Henry David ThoreauWhat a healthy out-of-door appetite it takes to relish the apple of life, the apple of the world, then!
Henry David ThoreauThus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.
Henry David ThoreauI, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth for a walk at the eleventh hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, too late to redeem the day, when the shades of night were already beginning to be mingled with the daylight, have felt as if I had committed some sin to be atoned for.
Henry David Thoreau