For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys |
For there is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual |
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. |
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? |
Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables. |
Friendship demands the ability to do without it. |
Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command |
Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. |
From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations. |
From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all |
Genius always finds itself a century too early. |
Genius Borrows nobly. |
Genius has no taste for weaving sand. |
Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within, going abroad only for audience, and spectator, as we adapt our voice and phrase to the distance and character of the ear we speak to |
Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get. |