Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Rules Quotes

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you...

You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you...

I wish my friends thought I was as awesome as my dog thinks I am.

I wish my friends thought I was as awesome as my dog thinks I am.