But conversation, choose what theme we may,
And chiefly when religion leads the way,
Should flow, like read more

But conversation, choose what theme we may,
And chiefly when religion leads the way,
Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs,
Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.

His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes
the hour very correctly.

His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes
the hour very correctly.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

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.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.

I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.

With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the read more

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the
moment both themselves and their auditors.