Life begins at eighty.

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.

Ma sighed gently and said, "A whole year gone, Charles." But Pa answered, cheerfully: "What's a year amount to? We have all the time there is.

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do.

Vices are simply overworked virtues.