If the whole of history is in one man, it is all to be explained from individual experience.
Ralph Waldo EmersonFor the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?
Ralph Waldo EmersonI fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson