Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk...

I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.