Henry David Thoreau Quote

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one very windy but bright moonlight night, when the stars were few and faint, thought that a man could get along with them,-though he was considerably reduced in his circumstances,-that they were a kind of bread and cheese that never failed.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (ed. 1803)


The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one very windy but...

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one very windy but...

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one very windy but...

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one very windy but...