Henry David Thoreau Rich Quotations

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.

They who assert the purest right, and consequently are most dangerous to a corrupt State, commonly have not spent much time accumulating property. The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; and it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it.

Nature would not appear so rich, the profusion so rich, if we knew a use for everything.

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

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor

It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

I make myself rich by making my wants few.

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .