Ralph Waldo Emerson

We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.