If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.