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Hell itself may be contained within the compass of a spark. - Thoreau

As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. - Thoreau

Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps. -Thoreau

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

My life is like a stroll upon the beach. - Thoreau

When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants. - Thoreau

How much nature herself suffers from drought! It seems quite as much as she can do to produce these crops. - Thoreau

And so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass. - Thoreau