Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

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

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

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

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...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...