Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Drink Quotes

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

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.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.