as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

a manufactured interest has no staying quality - especially if it involves any hard work.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

One must desire something to be alive.

conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.

Real divorce takes place without a decree.