We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves.

A believer, a mind whose faith is consciousness, is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he sees.

The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

Delicious is a just and firm encounter of two in a thought, in a feeling.