A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

You hear that boy laughing?you think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it, and thus to know anything you must know all.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

To rest upon a formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.