Henry David Thoreau

If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.