Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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

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

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

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

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

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

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...