I've always noticed that nobody can be single-minded who isn't narrow-minded; and I think it likely that people who aren't so cocksure what they want to do with themselves, hesitate because they have a great deal more to deal with. A nature rich in fine and complex possibilities takes more time to dispose of itself, but when it does, the world's beauty is the gainer.

don't let anything make you believe that there are not as many decent men in the world as women, and they're just as decent. Life isn't worth living unless you know that - and it's true.

History is worth reading when it tells us truly what the attitude toward life was in the past.

On New Year's Day every calendar, large and small, has the same number of dates. But we soon learn that the years are of very different lengths.

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.

What better can any of us do than to reach for our own stars ... and know which they are?

Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.