Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPoverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.
Ralph Waldo Emerson