“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”

“The sense that someone else cares always helps because it is the sense of love.”

“To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ... surely that is to lead the noble life.”

“Always begin anew with the day just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.”

“To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.”

“"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year and that's better.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”