Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

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,...

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money.

Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money.