"The best of life is conversation...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd.”

“Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.”

“A poem is made up of thoughts, each of which filled the whole sky of the poet in its turn.”

“Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as it is generally in books the worst sort of reading.”

“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”

“My gosh, if you’re going away, we got a million things to talk about! All the things we would’ve talked about next month, the month after! Praying mantises, zeppelins, acrobats, sword swallowers!”

“For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.”

“Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be a human being among human beings, and remain one forever, no matter what misfortunes befall, not to become depressed, and not to falter – this is what life is, herein lies its task.”

“Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.”