Maxioms by Henry Brooks Adams
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the
morning of the last Sunday of October, read more
The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the
morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting
in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down
the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a suggestion of
chrysanthemums and geraniums, or of October woods, dashed with
scarlet oaks and yellow maples.
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of read more
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
