Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

Yer feelin's is like ras'berry vinegar: if you're skeered to use 'em an' keep on savin' 'em, first thing you know they've done 'vaporated!

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.

There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away.