Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Spend your time today on things that will create more or save you time in the future.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.

Poetry is the ultimate democracy.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail