The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.

Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live.

The wise traveler is he who is perpetually surprised.

Travel is a private pleasure, since it consists entirely of things felt and things seen.

The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.

See the last orange roses, how they blow / Deeper and heavier than in their prime, / In one defiant flame before they go.