Attention

Be to her virtues very kind, be to her faults a little blind.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong

Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realising it

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

He listens well who takes notes.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself

The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.