More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
"What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find."
"We are wiser than we know."
"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."