I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young.

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.

[She] is an extremely bright and articulate young woman, and she's also brave, ... She was able to give us enough detail. She was giving us enough detail to locate a location where we thought we might encounter a suspect.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.