“A girl does not treat a possible lover with unvarying simplicity and directness. In all its phases, love is complex; friendship is not.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“A girl does not treat a possible lover with unvarying simplicity and directness. In all its phases, love is complex; friendship is not.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“Dwellers by the sea are generally superstitious sailors always are. There is something in the illimitable expanse of sky and water that dilates the imagination.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“Famous old houses seem to have an intuitive perception of the value of corner lots. If it is a possible thing, they always set themselves down on the most desirable spots.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich“The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it.”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich