In Nature, all is useful, all is beautiful

I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through.

Echo waits with art and care And will the faults of song repair.

Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all avoidable obstructions of the road, and leaving nothing to be conquered but pure space.

It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance. Nobody wishes bad manners. We must have loyalty and character.