Henry David Thoreau Failing Quotations

You must get your living by loving. But as it is said of the merchants that ninety-seven in a hundred fail, so the life of men generally, tried by this standard, is a failure, and bankruptcy may be surely prophesied.

Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing.

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.

Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail.