There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate..

If the laborer gets no more than the wages which his employer pays him, he is cheated, he cheats himself..

Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free..

We must look a long time before we can see.

The true man of science will know nature better by his finer organization; he will smell, taste, see, hear, feel, better than other men. His will be ….

The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavernis where they are t….

Of course it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither. I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile ….

Be it life or death, we crave only reality..

The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses..

Whatever is, and is not ashamed to be, is good..

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet..

Some do not walk at all; others walk in the highways; a few walk across lots. Roads are made for horses and men of business. I do not travel in them ….

I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows..

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself to be ….

Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?.

There is not one kind of food for all men. You must and you will feed those faculties which you exercise. The laborer whose body is weary does not re….

I am reminded by my journey how exceedingly new this country still is. You have only to travel for a few days into the interior and back parts even o….

A temple, you know, was anciently "an open place without a roof," whose walls served merely to shut out the world and direct the mind toward heaven; ….

I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing..

Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the ….

How many a poor immortal soul I have met well-nigh crushed and smothered under its load, creeping down the road of life, pushing before it [an oversi….