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.

Fiction is to grown men what play is to the child.

There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome.

Make up your mind to be happy.

Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.