Of all the men I have known, I cannot recall one whose mother did her level best for him when he was little who did not turn out well when he grew up.

A mystic is a spiritual realist, a person for whom the Invisible is a matter of more or less firsthand experience.

A compensation is something which does not quite compensate.

One does not permit one's friends to be slandered in time of trouble.

scales are the grammar of music.

Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part.

Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune.