""Money often costs too much.""
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A good indignation makes an excellent speech."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"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."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)