Collected Essays and Poems Quotes

“They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods themselves, in view of their grotesque, half-finished creatures.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Collected Essays and Poems

“For if the truth were known, Love cannot speak, But only thinks and does; Though surely out 'twill leak Without the help of Greek, Or any tongue.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Collected Essays and Poems