Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.

The outward is only the outside of that which is within. Men are not concealed under habits, but are revealed by them; they are their true clothes.

There should always be some flowering and maturing of the fruits of nature in the cooking process.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence.

We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.