The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

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...

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

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.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

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...

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

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

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

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...