If books are not good company, where shall I find it?

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

It were not best that we should all think alike.

When one has tasted watermelons, one knows what angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine.