There will always be in society certain persons who are mercuries of its approbation, and whose glance will at any time determinefor the curious their standing in the world. These are the chamberlains of the lesser gods. Accept their coldness as an omen of grace with the loftier deities, and allow them all their privilege.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll public facts are to be individualized, all private facts are to be generalized.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
Ralph Waldo Emerson