If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!
Henry David ThoreauMen have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
Henry David ThoreauIf we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets.
Henry David Thoreau