Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end, which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is far more beautiful than the sun,...

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is far more beautiful than the sun,...