"I do not believe there are eight..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?”

“However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.”

“If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!”

“Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.”

“How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object! For this the foolish over-careful fathers Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care, Their bones with industry.”

“There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man”

“It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.”

“We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.”

“A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.”