Famous quotes containing the words small and/or lakes:
“Small things have a way of overmastering the great.... This small press can destroy a kingdom.”
—Sonya Levien (1895–1960)
“It was inspiriting to hear the regular dip of the paddles, as if they were our fins or flippers, and to realize that we were at length fairly embarked. We who had felt strangely as stage-passengers and tavern-lodgers were suddenly naturalized there and presented with the freedom of the lakes and woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)