"Things bring their own philosophy with them,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.”

“a good reader makes a good book”

“Come out of the azure. Love the day. Do not leave the sky out of your landscape.”

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

“Death can be more exciting than life.”

“The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.”

“It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.”

“Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.”

“None wise dares hopeless venture.”