"A man builds a fine house; and..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.”

“If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.”

“The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.”

“Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.”

“. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made it themselves, while those who have are twice as fond of it as anyone else. For just as poets are fond of their own poems, and fathers of their own children, so money-makers become devoted to money, not only because, like other people, they find it useful, but because it's their own creation.”

“Like Paul Kraston said, all I ask in life is a water bed, a TV and a typewriter. Well, I'll just have an ordinary bed, a TV and a guitar.”

“Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.”

“We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.”

“But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.”