The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in read more

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal likings.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal likings.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come read more

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about people you don't like

Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about people you don't like

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.