"The ancestor of every action is a thought."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes,
by making them the fruit of his character."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The reward of a thing well done
is to have done it."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The ornament of a house
is the friends who frequent it."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Don't waste yourself in rejection,
nor bark against the bad,
but chant the beauty of the good."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson