"It is one of the blessings of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.”

“The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.”

“Shakespeare possesses the power of subordinating nature for the purposes of expression, beyond all poets. His imperial muse tosses the creation like a bauble from hand to hand, and uses it to embody any caprice of thought that is uppermost in his mind. The remotest spaces of nature are visited, and the farthest sundered things are brought together, by subtle spiritual connection. We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet.”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

“As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend.”

“If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.”

“They say the sky is the same everywhere. Travellers, the shipwrecked, exiles, and the dying draw comfort from the thought.”

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

“Whatever gets you through the night”