Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.