Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.

A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far.

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.

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

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

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

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.