A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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

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

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Official truths are often powerful illusions

Official truths are often powerful illusions

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...