We honor the rich because they have externally the freedom, power, and grace which we feel to be proper to man, proper to us.

Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. ... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.