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

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

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

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

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.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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...

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.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in...

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...