There was never a man born so wise or good, but one or more companions came into the world with him, who delight in his faculty, and report it. I cannot see without awe, that no man thinks alone and no man acts alone, but the divine assessors who came up with him into life,--now under one disguise, now under another,--like a police in citizen's clothes, walk with him, step for step, through all kingdoms of time.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWho can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?
Ralph Waldo EmersonMoney is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson