Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

The saint and poet seek privacy to ends the most public and universal: and it is the secret of culture, to interest the man more in his public, than in his private quality.

It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.