“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.”

The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.

Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.

Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

A mother is the best friend God ever gave.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.

Can’t you see you’re toxic to me there’s no affection just obsession?

The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.

I was so moved by your false affections I was pushed right off the ledge but love didn’t come to find me abandonment did instead.

Any of us can live without affecting one another.

To attain peace we have to leave affection, but while trying to leave affection we create one more affection to leave last affection.

Relationships affect our life more than we can imagine.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.