We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

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...

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

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

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

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

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

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.