Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNext to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThings admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.
Ralph Waldo Emerson