"Nature is doing her best each moment..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Some creatures are made to see in the dark.”

“It is for no particular item in the tax-bill that I refuse to pay it. I simply wish to refuse allegiance to the State, to withdrawand stand aloof from it effectually. I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with,--the dollar is innocent,--but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance. In fact, I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make what use and get what advantage of her I can, as is usual in such cases.”

“Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.”

“Nature appears to have been the cruel stepmother rather than the mother of many animals.”

“The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.”

“The whole body of what is now called moral or ethical truth existed in the golden age as abstract science. Or, if we prefer, we may say that the laws of Nature are the purest morality.”

“Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health.”

“Of all exercises, walking is the best.”

“Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.”