There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.

Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .

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

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.