The poisons are our principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHad I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred blessings on me.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBeauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMen have sometimes exchanged names with their friends, as if they would signify that in their friend each loved his own soul.
Ralph Waldo Emerson