Henry David Thoreau

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit.

Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love.

In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.