While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it to me on a poisoned arrow.
Henry David ThoreauWe should seek to be fellow students with the pupil, and should learn of, as well as with him, if we would be most helpful to him.
Henry David ThoreauWe cannot put a noose around another man's neck without first hanging ourselves.
Henry David ThoreauWe are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone.
Henry David Thoreau