Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

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.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

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

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

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

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...

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To...

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To...

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with...

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with...