Men talk glibly enough about moonshine, as if they knew its qualities very well, and despised them; as owls might talk of sunshine,--none of your sunshine!--but this word commonly means merely something which they do not understand,--which they are abed and asleep to, however much it may be worth their while to be up and awake to it.
Henry David ThoreauI am too easily contented with a slight and almost animal happiness. My happiness is a good deal like that of the woodchucks.
Henry David ThoreauWe are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.
Henry David ThoreauEven the elephant carries but a small trunk on his journeys. The perfection of traveling is to travel without baggage.
Henry David Thoreau