More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book."
"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
"To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom."
"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."