I can't really narrow mine down, but in honor of the Memorial Day just past, from his Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument (thereby choosing pertinent over pithy)...
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
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My favorite is from his essay "Self-Reliant":
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
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