The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome.

Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality.

Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I lay me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be: Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.

These are my politics: to change what we can; to better what we can; but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions; and for no word however sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture on these bonds.

Make up your mind to be happy.

Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

It is a great thing if you can persuade people that they are somehow or other partakers in a mystery. It makes them feel bigger.