But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.
Ralph Waldo EmersonCupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?
Ralph Waldo Emerson