The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. life
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. being good & nature
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold. life
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. wisdom
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. time
The perception of beauty is a moral test. beauty
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. nature & sympathy
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. faith & happiness
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. dreams
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! love
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. success
There is no remedy for love but to love more. love
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. learning
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. love
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. wisdom
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. best
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. family, men & morning
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. being alone & love
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. faith
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. government & nature
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. design, being good & life
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. morning
Being is the great explainer. greatness
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. life
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. love, money & work
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. morning & society
To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle. money
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. men
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. health, life & motivation
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. government
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? life & nature
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. architecture
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. being alone & truth
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. men
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. nature
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. life
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. wisdom
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. God, nature & war
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. men
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. being alone
'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. health
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. dreams, imagination & life
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. work
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. being good
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. success
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. being good
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. environmental, God & men
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? greatness
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. nature
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. fear & music
Men have become the tools of their tools. men & technology
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. truth
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. women
Those whom we can love, we can hate to others we are indifferent. love
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. friendship & life
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. truth
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something. being good & life
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men. death & men
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. life
The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth. truth
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are. best
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. friendship & work
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. life
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. friendship
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. time
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. friendship
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society. society
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone. being alone
Men are born to succeed, not to fail. men
Live the life you've dreamed. life
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. men & sports
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. respect
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. life
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. motivation
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. love & wisdom
God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us. God
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. experience & life
Faith never makes a confession. faith
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil. best
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. life & work
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles. best
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. intelligence
That government is best which governs least. best & government
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. love, money & truth
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. money
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. truth
Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. love
Things do not change we change. change
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. aging
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. greatness & men
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution. nature
Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. men
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. dreams & friendship
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. government
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. business
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. nature
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls. greatness & morning
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. dreams & life
The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free. men
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. friendship & knowledge
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. nature
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. history
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive. imagination
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. religion
Be not simply good - be good for something. being good
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. imagination
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! beauty
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. learning, men & respect
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. nature
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. happiness & life
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? society
I had three chairs in my house one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. friendship & society
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. business, life & poetry
The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. being alone
This world is but a canvas to our imagination. art & imagination
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. men
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something. being good