Sympathy

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.