Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.
Ralph Waldo Emerson'Well,' said Red Jacket [to someone complaining that he had not enough time], 'I suppose you have all there is.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson