To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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

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

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

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.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth

Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth