There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dog... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is not the length of life, but the depth."

"Books are for nothing but to inspire"

"Pictures must not be too picturesque."

"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."

"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus."