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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

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...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

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

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