We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contributed a stone.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGood judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise.
Ralph Waldo Emerson