He who loves the bristle of bayonets only sees in the glitter what beforehand he feels in his heart. It is avarice and hatred; it is that quivering lip, that cold, hating eye, which built magazines and powder-houses.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIntellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man. Genius even, as it is the greatestgood, is the greatest harm.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames; The garden-walks are passional To bachelors and dames.
Ralph Waldo Emerson