You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule read more
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.
Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.
With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come
Whate'er the subject be that read more
With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come
Whate'er the subject be that starts.
But if I get among the glum
I hold my tongue to tell the truth
And keep my breath to cool my broth.
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, read more
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
