Words as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually.

happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

You can lock up from a thief, but you can't from a liar.

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination.

Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

Removing his helmet, Edward knelt by the stream called Swillgate, a name that effectively quenched any desire to drink from its depths.

Knowledge is enthusiasm to learn.

I am blessed. I can bless.

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

Honor is the greatest poet.

If any man obeys the gods, they listen to him also.

A bridge is a meeting place . . . a possibility, a metaphor.

I'm working 18 hour days and I'm feeling guilty not being able to be there when all those times I want to be mother.

To be is to be vulnerable.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.