Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.

When the farmer has got his house, he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, and it be the house that has got him... a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for them to dry their fish on.

You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Love is the profoundest of secrets. Divulged, even to the beloved, it is no longer Love. As if it were merely I that loved you. When love ceases, then it is divulged.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.