Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become members of an immortal fraternity, superior to accident or change.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.