Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.

Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men.

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.

Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact.