All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

Have mountains, and waves, and skies, no significance but what we consciously give them, when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts?

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be