"It's not what you get, but what you give that determines your true worth."

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

"Read not the Times. Read the Eternities."

"The only excuse for a man's doing anything that he doesn't like is that he has to do it."

"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."