But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMen are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is bent on expression. The tell-tale body is all tongues. Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces which expose the whole movement.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works.
Ralph Waldo Emerson