Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Distrust Quotes, Trust Quotes

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

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

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

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

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

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

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.