“I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.”
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink in the wild air.”
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of…”
“Every artist was first an amateur”