Be not too strict - too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all.

a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

Old age is the verdict of life.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

One should not run on a new road.