Friendship takes time.

There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It would have been as easy to shake off an octopus or a boa-constrictor.

fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.

No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.

To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.

It is difficult to admonish Frenchmen. Their habit of mind is unfavorable to preachment.