The last change in our point of view gives the whole world a pictorial air.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last,--a long way leading nowhere.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.

It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures disappears as they approach each other.

Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy.