Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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

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

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

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...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

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...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

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.

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...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

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,...

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

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

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.