Congenial labor is essence of happiness.

There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

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

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

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

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