Favor

Famous quotes containing the word favor:

“Your favor containing the question, as to whether I consider myself a “new woman” is before me. As a rule I do not consider myself at all. I am, and always have been a progressive woman, and while never directly attacking the conventionalities of society, have always done, or attempted to do those things which I have considered conducive to my health, convenience or emolument ...”
—Belva Lockwood (1830–1917)

“There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Look with favor on a bold enterprise.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)