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

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

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...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

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

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

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

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

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

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...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

"LOVE" IS THE ONLY WORD THAT EVERY ONE USED FOR OWN HIDDEN SELFISH INTENTION. GO...

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.