Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
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I would rather sit on pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Self-satisfaction, Success, Vulgarity
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Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to leave alone.
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The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready.
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What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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The things we own can own us too.
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It appears to be a law that you cannot have deep sympathy with man and nature. Those qualities which bring you near to one estrange you from the other.
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Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
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Some circumstantial evidence is very strong as when you find a trout in the milk.
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You do not get a man’s most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
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Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
