"The first pleasant days of spring come..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“Why will we be imposed on by antiquity?”
“On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.”
“We are accustomed to say, that the mass of men are unprepared; but improvement is slow, because the few are not materially wiser or better than the many.”
More on Spring
“Tis now the twenty-third of march,And this warm sun takes out the starchOf winter's pinafore -Methinks The Very pasture gladly drinksA health to spring, and while it sipsIt faintly smacks a myriad lips.”
“Who are the violets nowThat strew the lap of the new-come spring?”
“Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the forever gifts, and certainly visible.”
More on Nature
“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”
“The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.”
“All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.”