The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHealth is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.
Ralph Waldo EmersonStrange is this alien despotism of Sleep which takes two persons lying in each other's arms & separates them leagues, continents,asunder.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.
Ralph Waldo Emerson