“I never will believe that our youngest days are our happiest. What a miserable augury for the progress of the race and the destination of the individual, if the more matured and enlightened state is the less happy one!”

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”

“Time passes. Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.”

“Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed.”

“That’s the big challenge of life- to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don’t annoy your friends with your whining.”