In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves.

Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful.

Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.

Of what shall we be proud of if we are not proud of our friends?

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.