Amos Bronson Alcott Quote

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish popularity.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness

Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.