"People who know how to act are..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.”

“We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.”

“Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.”

“The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.”

“Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?”

“I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.”

“In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we Have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people.”

“Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.”

“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”