My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.