The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

"Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." -If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he and I was I.

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

I honor most those to whom I show least honor; and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper steps of ceremony.

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.

Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.