The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
Henry David ThoreauWhat avails it that another loves you, if he does not understand you? Such love is a curse.
Henry David ThoreauThe coward wants resolution, which the brave man can do without. He recognizes no faith above a creed, thinking this straw by which he is moored does him good service, because his sheet anchor does not drag.
Henry David ThoreauWhere on the globe can there be found an area of equal extent with that occupied by the bulk of our States, so fertile and so richand varied in its productions, and at the same time so habitable by the European, as this is?
Henry David Thoreau