I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

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

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

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

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

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

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

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

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

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.