Each truth that a writer acquires is a lantern, which he turns full on what facts and thoughts lay already in his mind, and behold, all the mats and rubbish which had littered his garret become precious. Every trivial fact in his private biography becomes an illustration of this new principle, revisits the day, and delights all men by its piquancy and new charm.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGod knows that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door; but whenever used in strictness and with any emphasis, the name will be found to point at original energy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson