There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.
Agnes Repplierif a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness is ascertained, his friends invariably credit him with a host of shining qualities which, we are given to understand, lie balked and frustrated by his one unfortunate weakness.
Agnes RepplierWe owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as sympathetic and intelligent conversation.
Agnes RepplierIt has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
Agnes RepplierIt is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.
Agnes RepplierDiaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of security. Reading them is like gazing through a small clear pane of glass. We may not see far and wide, but we see very distinctly that which comes within our field of vision.
Agnes Repplier