Henry David Thoreau Letters Quotations

All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises.

When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.