Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it.

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a 'success.'

Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.