Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.