Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.
“To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.”
“Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.”
“True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.”
“Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.”
“An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.”
“We've all been put to sleep by somebody who's told us all these wonderful facts that didn't matter because information without emotion is not retained.”
“Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts”
“Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.”
“I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicatedTo closeness and the bettering of my mind.”