Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.

Congenial labor is essence of happiness.

I never enter a new company without the hope that I may discover a friend, perhaps the friend, sitting there with an expectant smile. That hope survives a thousand disappointments.

I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.