Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. – George Santayana
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana