no matter how hard and faithfully we may try we can never compensate another for some lack in his or her life.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is which and which you are feeling!

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

You know the public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.