There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.

The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom.

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!

There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.