"I noticed, as I had done before,..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change.”

“Far travel, very far travel, or travail, comes near to the worth of staying at home.”

“The poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.”

“All soils are not fertile.”

“That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations-at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unaging intellect.”

“A breeze discovered my open book And began to flutter the leaves to look”

“We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm probably not the only one.”

“If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?”

“Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?”