The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes

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

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

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...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

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...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

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.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs.

He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs.

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future