One's friends are that part of the human race with which one... - George Santayana

"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."

"Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots."

"The earth has music for those who listen."

"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."

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."