Henry David Thoreau

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend…

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when…

There is no remedy for love but to love more…

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with…

Men are born to succeed, not to fail…

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the…

Men have become the tools of their tools…

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

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the…

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity…

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago…

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend…

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance…

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them…

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth…