“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
“A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.”
“We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.”
“I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught.”