The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows.

It is only your habitual late riser who takes in the full flavor of Nature at those rare intervals when he gets up to go afishing. He brings virginal emotions and unsatiated eyes to the sparkling freshness of earth and stream and sky.

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

What probing deep Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.