Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one.

All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.

Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another.

The physician...is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization.

The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind.

An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".