The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.

The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him [H.D. Thoreau]. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed through it as freely by paths of his own.

We go to Europe to be Americanized.

The world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists.

Life is a festival only to the wise.

Great conversation ... requires an absolute running of two souls into one.