Henry David Thoreau — "That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest."

"No man ever had a more agreeable dwelling place than this. It was a proper palace, a fit abode for a king."

"The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water and time."

"I do not wish to be regarded as a member of any society which I have not joined."

"I would rather be a wood-chopper than a professor of ethics."

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpecte…"