Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

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.

marriage is a great strain upon love.

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.

It all depends on the way you look at it. The point of view is everything in this world.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.