Charles Francis Adams

“Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise”

“It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it is almost as difficult to wean ourselves from it as from the habit of chewing tobacco to excess, or of smoking the whole time, or of depending for stimulus upon tea or coffee or spirits.””

“Luxury, wherever she goes, effaces from human nature the image of the Divinity.””