Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.