"A man receives only what he is..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.”

“It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have...but shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?”

“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.”

“The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind...that encounters it.”

“It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.”

“Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.”

“Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.”

“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”

“We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.”