At twenty, men love woman; at thirty, a woman; and at forty, women.

When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun. Barriers may be built across its path, but they bring only power, as the conquering of an obstacle is always sure to do. Sometimes when the rocks and stone-clad hills loom large ahead, and eternity itself would be needed to carve a passage, there is an easy way around. The discovery of it makes the river sing with gladness and turns the murmurous deeps to living water, bright with ripples and foam.

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.