It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

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

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

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

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...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.