The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe goitre of egotism is so frequent among notable persons, that we must infer some strong necessity in nature which it subserves;such as we see in the sexual attraction.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the hard finish ofthe men. The Englishman is finished like a cowry or a murex.
Ralph Waldo Emerson