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

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

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,...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

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...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

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...