There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

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...

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.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

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...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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

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