The Portable Thoreau Quotes

“As for Doing-good...I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.”
― Henry David Thoreau, The Portable Thoreau

“In our daily intercourse with men, our nobler faculties are dormant and suffered to rust. None will pay us the compliment to expect nobleness from us. Though we have gold to give, they demand only copper.”
― Henry David Thoreau, The Portable Thoreau