"I am thankful for small mercies. I..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode.It offers all its kingdoms to man as the raw material which he may mould into what is useful. Man is never weary of working it up.”

“A right rule for a club would be, Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic. It requires people who are not surprised andshocked, who do and let do, and let be, who sink trifles, and know solid values, and who take a great deal for granted.”

“Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?”

“When such as I cast out remorse; So great a sweetness flows into the breast; We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blessed.”

“Finally, I would thank, had I not lost his name and address, a gentleman in America, who has generously and gratuitously corrected the punctuation, the botany, the entomology, the geography, and the chronology of previous works of mine and will, I hope, not spare his services on the present occasion.”

“Every morning when I wake up, now, I regard it as having another borrowed day.”

“Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.”

“I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.”

“A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.”