On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Creative work carries with it a form of intense love.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.

The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.