If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.

Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.