"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference " — Aristotle

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Source: Walden (1854)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad

Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Source: Letter to Harriot Washington (Oct. 30, 1791)

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important

Source: A Case of Identity (1891)

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Source: Walden (1854)

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