Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. — Henry David Thoreau

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.