Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now."

"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."

"Books are for nothing but to inspire"

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."

"Pictures must not be too picturesque."