Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

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.

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

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

"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.

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