The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.
Ralph Waldo Emerson