For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.
Henry David ThoreauTo watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me. While these clouds and this somber drizzling weather shut all in, we two draw nearer and know one another.
Henry David ThoreauProbably if our lives were more conformed to nature, we should not need to defend ourselves against her heats and colds, but findher our constant nurse and friend, as do plants and quadrupeds.
Henry David Thoreau