Henry David Thoreau

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Henry David Thoreau

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Henry David Thoreau

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Henry David Thoreau

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Henry David Thoreau

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Henry David Thoreau

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Henry David Thoreau

If I am not I, who will be?

Henry David Thoreau

If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler.

Henry David Thoreau

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Henry David Thoreau

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.

Henry David Thoreau