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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

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...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

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...

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

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

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.