Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind... - George Santayana

"love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers."

"Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions."

"To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world."

"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said."

"The earth has music for those who listen."