Lack of Enterprise Makes Men Live Lives as Servants

"Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants." -- Henry David Thoreau

How You Spend Money Equally Important to Earning It

"Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it." -- Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau: Do Good For Successful Investing

"Goodness is the only investment which never fails." -- Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau on What Wealth Can Buy

“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only” -- Henry David Thoreau

Rich Man Can Afford to Leave Things Alone

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone." -- Henry David Thoreau