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.

The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.

The friend is the person whom one is in need of and by whom one is needed.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.