Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

Am I no a bonny fighter?

The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.