There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly.

The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.