…the love of my spoons shall not again hinder me from sleep
They said in the French Revolution there was a conte whose ruling passion was the fear of being guillotined. Civil life may show many men whose ruling passion is the fear of being robbed. I woke & watched one night a dull hour on hearing noises, steps below stairs or creaking of windows or doors. But the love of my spoons shall not again hinder me from sleep.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 7:35
