"Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something." 

-Henry David Thoreau

"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder." 

-Henry David Thoreau

”Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
-Henry David Thoreau

"All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune."
-Henry David Thoreau

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

-Henry David Thoreau