The youth may build or plant or sail, only let him not be hindered from doing that which he tells me he would like to do.
Henry David ThoreauA book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never been out of sight of land.
Henry David ThoreauHave no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
Henry David Thoreau