Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of >>

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings. >>

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. >>

Quotations about Marriage

I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back. >>

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract and then goes in >>

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's >>

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo