From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they wer….

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones..

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction..

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are..

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love..

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you..

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it..

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, i….

Only a mediocre person is always at his best..

I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be rid of ties, responsibilities, dut….

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories..

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work..

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned..

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it..

The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, ….

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it..

The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. W….

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself..

Tolerance is only another name for indifference..

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person..

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life..