[gratitude Is] The Cheerfulness Of Wisdom.

Freedom Is The Essence Of This Faith. It Has For Its Object Simply To Make Men Good And Wise. Its Institutions Then Should Be As Flexible As The Wants Of Men. That Form Out Of Which The Life And Suitableness Have Departed Should Be As Worthless In Its Eyes As The Dead Leaves That Are Falling Around Us.

Good Manners Are Made Up Of Petty Sacrifices.

Conversation Is Our Account Of Ourselves...conversation Is The Vent Of Character As Well As Thoughts...it Is The Laboratory Of The Student.

The Objection To Conforming To Usages That Have Become Dead To You Is, That It Scatters Your Force.

In Imitation Is A Bit Suicide.