The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

Meditation is culture.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.