I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

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

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

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.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

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...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

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

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

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

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

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

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...

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...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

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...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...