Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
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Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

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

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

No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.

No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there read more

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.