If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.