One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

Revolution is obstructed evolution.

Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.

... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.