Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
The less government we have the better.
Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend? The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
