"I believe that water is the only..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.”

“How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?”

“As for your high towers and monuments, there was a crazy fellow once in this town who undertook to dig through to China, and he got so far that, as he said, he heard the Chinese pots and kettles rattle; but I think that I shall not go out of my way to admire the hole which he made.”

“The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.”

“Grown-ups always say that things are complicated.”

“The most superior of scientific goals is to embrace a maximum of experiment with a minimum of hypotheses.”

“Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.”

“Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.”

“Health is the greatest possession.”