In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life is unspeakably mean. No amount of gold or respectability would in the least redeem it,-- dining with the Governor or a member of Congress!! But…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

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...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

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.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

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...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

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...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

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.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...