The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Friends are made for caring and sharing. Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.