So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.

By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle.

You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.

Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.

It takes hard writing to make easy reading.