Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor. Let us understand that the equitable rule is, that no one should take more than his share, let him be ever so rich.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not speak of God much. After a very little conversation on the highest nature, thought deserts us and we run into formalism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson