Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.

Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.

These are days you'll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.

There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude. If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.