Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.