Homer and Shakespeare and Milton and Marvell and Wordsworth are but the rustling of leaves and crackling of twigs in the forest, and there is not yet the sound of any bird. The Muse has never lifted up her voice to sing.
Henry David ThoreauTruth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
Henry David ThoreauI think that no experience which I have today comes up to, or is comparable with, the experiences of my boyhood.
Henry David Thoreau