Ralph Waldo Emerson

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.

Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger