Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

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

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

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...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

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

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

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

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

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

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans