It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.