Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

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Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

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

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

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

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

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

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.