Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEverything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although it may not be of any worth in itself, yet it characterizes the people.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe intellectual life may be kept clean and healthful, if man will live the life of nature, and not import into his mind difficulties which are none of his.
Ralph Waldo Emerson