The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is gently falling out of enlightened human intelligence.

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.