Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.

I am thinking by what long discipline and at what cost a man learns to speak simply at last.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things.