“It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.”

“Old age is by nature rather talkative.”

“Old age especially an honoured old age has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”

“When you are aspiring to the highest place it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”

“Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.”

“What one has one ought to use and whatever he does he should do with all his might.”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”