Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon things they spend all their efforts to hide. Fair as the exterior may be, if you go in, you will find bare places, heaps of rubbish that can never be taken away, cold hearths, desolate altars, and windows veiled with cobwebs.

But somewhere on the great world the sun is always shining, and, just so sure as you live, it will sometime shine on you.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.

when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.