"There are old heads in the world..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.”

“The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?”

“This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle!”

“Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.”

“Law of Contrariness: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.”

“I will form good habits and become their slaves.”

“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.”

“She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.”

“The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.”