The inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.
Henry David ThoreauThough the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg, and, besides, would not have picked up materials for another.
Henry David ThoreauI think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.
Henry David ThoreauThese men, in teaching us how to die, have at the same time taught us how to live. If this man's acts and words do not create a revival, it will be the severest possible satire on the acts and words that do. It is the best news that America has ever heard.... How many a man who was lately contemplating suicide has now something to live for!
Henry David Thoreau