Our ideals are our better selves.
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.
Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.
A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.