Well I've had a happy life.
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.
Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.
The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.
Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.