Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

Of what significance are the things you can forget. >>

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul t >>

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim a >>

Quotations about Friends and Friendship

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in >>

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five rea >>

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship. >>

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 time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

Thoreau, Henry David