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

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.

Congenial labor is essence of happiness.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

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

It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.

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