"The art of conversation, or the qualification..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.”

“The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.”

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.”

“It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.”

“When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.”

“It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.”

“The way that I teach now is just by listening. I listen a lot.”

“Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st his earA stranger to thy thoughts.”

“You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right.”