Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Somehow, when we no longer feel in control, we become available to deeper aliveness.
We cannot all be masters.
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Plodding wins the race.
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.
A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good and the people are good, And we're all good fellows together.
My sister started to smell trouble when on the second day of her honeymoon the groom started asking for separate checks.
A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.
Deep experience is never peaceful.
When my wife was asked, "Do you take this man for richer or poorer . . ." she answered, "For richer."
"Worry" is a word that I don't allow myself to use.
We must each find our separate meaning in the persuasion of our days until we meet in the meaning of the world.
Few people know how to be old.
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.