Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhen a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn excited conversation we have glimpses of the universe, hints of power native to the soul, far-darting lights and shadows of an Andes landscape, such as we can hardly attain in lone meditation. Here are oracles sometimes profusely given, to which the memory goes back in barren hours.
Ralph Waldo Emerson