This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than...

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than...

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.