I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don't.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great

It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.

Being in love is something like poetry. Certainly, you can analyze and expound its various senses and intentions, but there is always something left over, mysteriously hovering between music and meaning.

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.