Alas! the culture of an Irishman is an enterprise to be undertaken with a sort of moral bog hoe.
Henry David ThoreauThe poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.
Henry David ThoreauIndividuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.
Henry David Thoreau