Five great enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride.
Ralph Waldo Emerson[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI please myself with the graces of the winter scenery, and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson