If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

The perfection of conversational intercourse is when the breeding of high life is animated by the fervor of genius.

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

Happy opinions are the wine of the heart.

There is scarcely a single joy or sorrow within the experience of our fellow-creatures which we have not tasted; yet the belief, in the good and beautiful has never forsaken us. It has been medicine to us in sickness, richness in poverty, and the best part of all that ever delighted us in health and success.

There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations.

This garden has a soul, I know its moods.