One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.