"Without looking, then, to those extraordinary social..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?”

“The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.”

“If with love thy heart has burned;If thy love is unreturned;Hide thy grief within thy breast,Though it tear thee unexpressed.”

“The major fortunes in America have been made in land.”

“The soil is the gift of God to the living.”

“The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.”

“Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting.”

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”

“Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.”