Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

We were all wearing FEMA shirts. I struck up a conversation with one of the marshals, and halfway through the 40-second conversation, he stopped me and said, 'Get rid of the T-shirt. You will die with that T-shirt on.' There were 50 shirts coming off.

I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do you want the forgiveness of God?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'You have to ask for it.' I gave him absolution and said, 'Now go to the court and tell them everything that you've told me.' And that is exactly what he did. He made a public declaration of everything he said to me,

His laughter, which was never far below the surface of his conversation, now sparkled like a splash of water in sunlight.