A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOur fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson