Then climate is a great impediment to idle persons; we often resolve to give up the care of the weather, but still we regard the clouds and the rain..

Genius is its own end..

In talking with scholars, I observe that they lost on ruder companions those years of boyhood which alone could give imaginative literature a religio….

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization..

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite..

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is..

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when t….

Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom..

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life..

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens..

Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with….

With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together..

The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands cl….

All mankind love a lover..

Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life..

Every natural action is graceful..

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back..

The highest Beauty should be plain set..

Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue..

Genius Borrows nobly..