Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.

Private opinion creates public opinion. Public opinion overflows eventually into national behavior as things are arranged at present, can make or mar the world. That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important.

It's just as important to marry the right life as the right person.

how much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

swans ... always look as though they'd just been reading their own fan-mail.