I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

The life of nature we must meet halfway; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends itself with a vast neutral background. We must be initiated; it is an order the secrets of which are well guarded.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

We are made strong by what we overcome.

I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.

Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.