Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.
Henry David ThoreauI bought me a spy-glass some weeks since. I buy but a few things, and those not till long after I begin to want them, so that when I do get them I am prepared to make a perfect use of them and extract their whole sweet.
Henry David ThoreauThe very dogs that sullenly bay the moon from farm-yards in these nights excite more heroism in our breasts than all the civil exhortations or war sermons of the age.
Henry David ThoreauThe stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.
Henry David Thoreau