The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

As many suffer from too much as too little.

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.

Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.