When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.
Henry David ThoreauSome, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler.
Henry David ThoreauEvery man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
Henry David ThoreauNature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.
Henry David Thoreau